Essay #2
HUMAN RIGHTS IN COLOMBIA AND ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
Human rights are the basic
rights and freedoms that belong to every person in the world, from birth until
death. They apply regardless of where you are from, what you believe or how you
choose to live your life. They can never be taken away, although they can
sometimes be restricted.
The Colombian government
has a special protection program that seeks to protect those under threat. The
Colombian embassy in Washington states that the protection program offers long term
services based on specific needs of vulnerable individuals and groups. In
spite of this the figures for the first semester of 2011 showed an increase of
126% in acts of aggressions committed against human rights defenders from 2010.
Paramilitary groups were held responsible in 59% of the cases, state
security forces were held responsible for 10% and the guerrilla groups 2%.
Colombian officials have also been widely implicated in the work of human
rights defenders, often making unfounded accusations linking them to guerrilla
groups. Colombia reports that between August 2010 and June 2011, there were 104
murders with direct ramifications for human rights concerns in Colombia. Those
murdered included human rights defenders, trade unionists and community
leaders. On average, according to these figures, one murder took place every three
days. Human rights defenders find little protection in the Colombian justice
system; 784 human rights defenders were threatened, attacked or murdered
between 2002 and 2009, there has been a conviction in only 10 of these cases.
People should stop judging,
violating the rights of others, to get in a complete peace, without problems,
deaths and wars. Respect the people and also their human rights.
Kind of short for a conclusion.
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