I made my presentation on prezi.com! I hope you enjoy it, you just have to click through in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen, there is not an auto-play button, but click through at your leisure!
Monday, November 29, 2010
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Possibble Ideas for Human Rights Presentation
I am interested in researching the situation of Afghan women. How they have been lighting themselves on fire in order to escape their abusive families. I am also interested in researching sex trafficking.
This book and article seem helpful/interesting:
http://cup.columbia.edu/book/978-0-231-13960-1/sex-trafficking/reviews
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/08/world/asia/08burn.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=afghan%20burning&st=cse
Why do the Afghan women not try to get help? Why can't they go to the hospitals before they light themselves on fire?
I have not begun to research sex trafficking, but why has it become so prominent in the recent years?
This book and article seem helpful/interesting:
http://cup.columbia.edu/book/978-0-231-13960-1/sex-trafficking/reviews
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/08/world/asia/08burn.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=afghan%20burning&st=cse
Why do the Afghan women not try to get help? Why can't they go to the hospitals before they light themselves on fire?
I have not begun to research sex trafficking, but why has it become so prominent in the recent years?
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Post Genocide Question
1. In what ways did genocide impact the development of this “developing” country?
The genocide made the UN and foreign governments more apt to help in the future, made them feel guilty and more concerned. The development stunted their growth as a country because they lost so many people during the genocide. Due to the mass killings and the tattered government system, Rwanda's development has been put on hold because they are trying to rebuild Rwanda to what it used to be first before they can move forward.
2. Where does the rebuilding of a country shattered by genocide begin? What can the people do? What can the government do? What can the international community do?
It begins with having closure through justice. The people that went through the genocide need closure through the trials of the people that committed the genocide. The government then should focus on making Rwanda a better and safer place for the people living there. They need to focus on getting the population of Rwanda back to what it was before the genocide. The international community can show that they will be willing to help if a genocide is to every occur again. They would need to take actions that would show that they have concern for Rwanda and won't just leave them out to dry.
3. How can justice be found in post-genocide Rwanda?
The trials of all the people that are still being held in prisons in Rwanda need to be processed. These people have been waiting in prison for over ten years and instead of just leaving them in prison to rot, they need to tried and then sentenced.
4. Which can bring justice to the people of Rwanda more effectively – international courts or community courts? Explain.
Cooperation between both international and community courts would bring about effective justice. To bring criminals back to the place where they committed horrible crimes and to have them tried in that area would have a powerful effect on their guilt. On the other hand, the international courts have much more power and control of a larger scale.
The genocide made the UN and foreign governments more apt to help in the future, made them feel guilty and more concerned. The development stunted their growth as a country because they lost so many people during the genocide. Due to the mass killings and the tattered government system, Rwanda's development has been put on hold because they are trying to rebuild Rwanda to what it used to be first before they can move forward.
2. Where does the rebuilding of a country shattered by genocide begin? What can the people do? What can the government do? What can the international community do?
It begins with having closure through justice. The people that went through the genocide need closure through the trials of the people that committed the genocide. The government then should focus on making Rwanda a better and safer place for the people living there. They need to focus on getting the population of Rwanda back to what it was before the genocide. The international community can show that they will be willing to help if a genocide is to every occur again. They would need to take actions that would show that they have concern for Rwanda and won't just leave them out to dry.
3. How can justice be found in post-genocide Rwanda?
The trials of all the people that are still being held in prisons in Rwanda need to be processed. These people have been waiting in prison for over ten years and instead of just leaving them in prison to rot, they need to tried and then sentenced.
4. Which can bring justice to the people of Rwanda more effectively – international courts or community courts? Explain.
Cooperation between both international and community courts would bring about effective justice. To bring criminals back to the place where they committed horrible crimes and to have them tried in that area would have a powerful effect on their guilt. On the other hand, the international courts have much more power and control of a larger scale.
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