1.What is EU membership conditionality?
1.EU membership conditionality are set of conditions of EU sent to the EU membership,so aspiring states for applying reforms and following policies that are prescribed by the Union .To be a member of the EU states have to respect and commit to follow the democratic principles of EU.At first the country that wants to join EU must realize some of the criteria for accession that were defined at the European Council in Copenhagen .Some of the criteria that we can mention are stable institutions that promises democracy, human rights; a stable market economy with the capability to cope with market forces inside the EU ; capability to take on duties of EU membership including devotion to the goals of political
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After its independence, the democracy in Macedonia has become stronger. One issue which remains a challenge for the country is the inter-ethnic relations ,because there is no trust between different communities and in order for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to be part of the European Union ,it must be a functional multinational country. The government is committed to the program of democratization that the European Union set for them by maintaining the good relation between different communities according to the ‘Ohrid Framework Agreement’. This agreement however has yet to be fully implemented especially when it comes to the minorities’ rights. On the other hand, even though LGBT are protected by law, the school books still consider homosexuality as an illness. As a conclusion, EU played a big role in bettering the human rights in Macedonia but there are still many issues that Macedonia needs to work on for it to become a democratic country that fully supports human …show more content…
If Serbia would accept Kosovo as an independent country, it would progress several step toward the goal of being part of the European Union or at least it could make Serbia a candidate for membership in the European Union, but instead Republic of Serbia insist that Kosovo return as part of the Serbian territory. For Serbia to be part of the European Union, its government should co-operate with the Kosovo’s government for a final agreement and it should participate in the investigations about the war crimes that the Slobodan Milosevic government did during the genocidal decade, the 1990s, in the Republic of Kosovo and in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This plays a big role but there are many economical standards and also many human rights’ standards that Serbia must fulfill. So far Serbia has two chapters and neither of them is
The social construction of ethnicity and its role in people's sexuality, as understood by Nagel, marks the vast differences between two groups that might live in the same geographical space but whose lives are not the same. In the case of Cuba, jineteras live differently than other young Cubans due to their specific intersection of race, gender, sexuality, and ethnicity that marks them a certain way. Therefore, the ideas explored here are useful to apply them in other scenarios where social and cultural differences arise among groups that do understand each other because of
These human rights 'instruments', as they are called, have fixed how many rights apply to particular groups of human beings such as women or children. They have also come up with new ideas that were not part of the thinking of those who first drafted the Universal Declaration. The link between human rights and other pillars is clearly evident all the way through the UDHR. First, it allows, in the Preamble, that the credit of the unchallengeable rights of all people is the groundwork of freedom, justice and peace across the world. Secondly, it expands the UN Charter’s stated purpose of encouraging growth by giving economic, social and cultural rights the in the same degree of safety that an individual finds for civil and political rights (Marshall
Blamed in part by the end of the Cold War, in part by Yugoslavia’s leaders, in part by Europe’s failure to deal with those leaders, and ultimately, by a total absence of American action that should have occurred in the vacuum created by European inaction. As the cold war ended, and with it Soviet influence, many Central and Eastern European countries started realigning themselves. Yugoslavia was no different. Catholic Slovenia was the first Yugoslav Republic to consider secession. The Albanians in Kosovo, tired of being ruled by the Serbs, were considering the same.
She works as a commissioning, editor on the cities sites. Her article explores some of the countries where LGBT are struggling for their rights and where small steps are taken towards equality. Counties like Baghdad, Iraq had visible discrimination as their government support hate crimes against LGBT but countries like Egypt and Nigeria had little progress. In its entirety, the article analyzes of recent emergence of LGBT rights that have effects on the global community, which is the primary concept of this paper. This backlash against LGBT is biggest concern at the moment.
More families are able to accept the LGBT community. However, children in Portugal are still being bullied because of their sexual orientation. This shows us that the country is active however some parents and elders are not because they are allowing their children to bully others. During the interview Ashlee states that she is always willing to help her LGBT students because bullying is wrong and they should not be discriminated
The term genocide was first formulated by Raphael Lemkin which he constructed from the Greek word 'genos', meaning 'race' or 'tribe' and the word 'cide' meaning 'to kill’. Lemkin describes genocide as "the destruction of a nation or of an ethnic group", with a coordinated plan to exterminate that specific group on the simple basis of culture, religion, ethnicity, or racial discrepancies. The term Genocide was only brought into existence in 1944 by Raphael, and was turned into international law December 9th, 1948. The following events depict terrible atrocities that countries have committed, whether it was to escape persecution or to attack the enemy, these were acts that leave a lasting impression on people.
The culture of same sex sexuality has spread all over the world with specific traits and behaviors. The dressing code is unique and at the same time they have unique traits they identify with. Further the gays and Lesbian movements have become common in an effort to fight for their rights (Fingerhut 2239). They have become so vocal that some countries worldwide such as the US and UK have granted them their freedom (Mishna et al 1607). These movements have been recognized and registered.
Human rights protection is alleged as an international affair and our rights values are euro-centrically influenced, according to the article. Jonathan Wolff’s article advocates for the need of balancing and protecting human rights, especially the second-generation rights as they are equally, if not the most essential to the first-generation
Forlornly, our society is brimming with the problems. ‘Along with many restrictive factors, there are many prominent problems in the world such as poverty, health issues, social security, financial stress, and so on’. Therefore, the government and many other non-government organizations try to eradicate or at least control these hindering factors, exist in people’s life across the world. We can see there are ubiquitous many known or unknown domestics laws and treaties having among the different countries for the rights of people with social care and support in the world.
To govern oneself as one wished is an attribute of independence. A sovereign state may not be disturbed by another state unless it has given the right to intervene. When a state attaches legal consequences to conduct in another state, it exercises control over that conduct, and when such control affects essential interests in the foreign state, it may constitute an interference with the sovereign rights of that foreign
The EU is a supranational organisation, in other words more than one country is involved in it and that it has greater authority than any single country within it. European governments that choose to be members of the EU make an important decision to give up some of their national sovereignty and to agree on policies in social, political and economic matters which are of common interest (Perisic, 2010:2). In other words, member states’ national policies and laws are equally bound by the EU institutions, norms and regulations. Some member states seem to be better integrated than others.
Thus, a state’s cultural view is still evident in this scenario. Lastly, it is noted that human rights are a concept first and a legality second. Therefore, the proposition that the stances imposed by the UDHR are vague, isn’t wrong. The main intention of the article is to be open minded, and to allow room for discussion, as long as the main articles are followed. No infringement upon state sovereignty is made this way, and states are able to implement freely (O’Byrne 2003, p. 41).
In spite of the fact that these two directions cover, there are essential contrasts between them. Multicultural legislative issues are established in the character governmental issues basic different social developments that picked up conspicuousness mind the 1960s, for example, the social liabilities development and radical social women liberation. These developments have a tendency to underline the peculiarity and estimation of their social personality and request bunch particular rights to secure this uniqueness. Without devaluing character legislations issues and multiculturalism, this article is basically worried with political speculation of recognition, especially those planned by Charles Tylor (who is additionally a conspicuous figure in multicultural governmental issues). these emphases on the pretended by recognition in individual personality arrangement and the regulating establishment this can give to speculation of
Introduction In this article, Eric Poser has elaborated several reasons which made human rights a failure in international legal regime. The most highlighted issues are hypocrite policies of US and EU which has directly questioned credibility and integrity of their law and justice. The second reason is role played by Russia and China, the two major economic powers who in order to sustain their power, are involved in human rights violations. The third most important reason is standardized model of Universal Declaration of Human Rights which is ideal but not practical in various countries.
During 1991-1995, war raged on between Yugoslavia and Croatia. Croatia filed a lawsuit in 1991 against Serbia for committing genocide against, which was a remnant of Yugoslavia along with Montenegro. The lawsuit was filed in the highest UN court, The International Court of Justice, where the hearings took place for Croatia’s claim that Serbia committed genocide towards Croatians and also Serbia’s counterclaim that Croatia committed genocide against its own citizens. Both lawsuits were dismissed because there wasn 't sufficient evidence to prove that they committed genocide. There needs to be a specific intent that they in fact did commit genocide, also genocide is a severe crime to prove in the International Court of Justice.