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Postition Paper of United Nations stance of Human Right

Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 00:11:37
Category: / Law & Government / International
Length: 2 pages (514 words)
The basic rights and freedoms of the twenty million refugees in the world are protected by the 1951 UN Refugee Convention. This convention ensures the basic human rights of vulnerable persons and that refugees will not be returned involuntarily to a country where they face persecution. However, violations of the basic human rights are still being denied to refugees in every region of the world. Although the People's Republic of China is a signatory to the …
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…creation of Legalism where "the good of the state outweighs the right of the individual" was used. It shows that individual rights are not as important as the good of the country. Currently, The People's Republic of China is for the first time trying to draft a domestic law that would address the issue of refugees giving them rights and protecting them, and making a great leap forward toward the Western philosophy of individual rights.
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