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- This paper addresses the very serious problem of human rights abuse in conflict situations in Africa. It revisits the various causes and nature the of human rights abuse during conflicts, and notes that within the context of armed conflict, human rights are joined with International Humanitarian law to establish protection for non-combatant who have been the major casualties during these conflicts. It concludes on the note that Africa must accede to the minimal standards of engagement for protection of human rights and possibly support this with the infusion of the African values of sense of community and dignity of the human person in the existing legal regime.
- Date Issued:
- 2000-06-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- African Journal of Political Science
- Description:
- This paper presents a challenging and radical contribution to the debate about media laws and politics in Kenya. The internationalist universalist dimension is critical and eye-opening. It is a lampoonery of the dichotomised 'them' against 'us' axis upon which the discourse on media legislation reforms revolves. Instead, the author recommends that the debaters should embrace an important trilogy: the state, the media and the citizen. This, the author argues, will help in removing the debate away from the infrastructure of a free media as the only bone of contention, to include the 'spirit" of the media laws. The interest of the argument, therefore is to create a people-centered and responsive media. The people are integral stakeholders in the media industry, and as is, it is argued, must be as protected by the constitution as the media rights. The foregoing premise logically lends itself to the conclusion that media rights are human rights. If so then the author insist that the debate about media reforms is ill-informed if it doesn't include constitutional reform. But he goes past this to embrace a universalistic approach to the review of media laws. This is consistent with the paradigm shift in the development and application of the modern human rights laws and international politics, which started with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), the Genocide Convention (1948), the Geneva Convention of 1949, the Convention of Refugees (1951), the International Government on Civil and Political Rights (1966) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966). Within these internationally binding legal instruments, the author says, the media can find supportive articles for their demand for the inclusion of media rights as human rights. In this new internationalist thinking, the nationalistic or territorial approach to human rights issues have been found to be wanting as concerned governments have repeatedly violated national laws with impunity. There is no guarantee that national media laws will not be derogated by the despotic regimes again. Having traced the origins of the universalisation of human rights to the wartime atrocities of Nazi regime, the paper contends that the media today is an important international diplomatic player in conflict prevention, management and resolution to be left at the mercy of the draconian whims of an authoritarian government. The author declares that freedom of expression is the first freedom. Therefore it ought not to be negotiable. The paper laments mistreatment of the Kenyan journalists and their institutions by the powers that be.
- Date Issued:
- 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Africa Media Review
- Description:
- U.S. President George W. Bush addresses the 62nd session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City. Bush asks the United Nations to recommit itself to liberating oppressed people and ending famine and disease by enforcing its Universal Declaration of Human Rights. He also says it is a responsibility of every civilized nation to stand up for people suffering under dictatorship.
- Date Issued:
- 2007-09-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- A Michigan State University faculty panel participates in a discussion entitled, "The Evolving Nature of Rights." Panelists describe their research, perspectives and conclusions around the evolving nature of civil and human rights including indigenous property rights, the right to water, privacy, health care and more. Panelists are: Associate Dean Steven Kautz, College of Social Science; Dean Joan Howarth, College of Law; Associate Chair Laurie Medina, Department of Anthropology, College of Social Science; Chair of Water Research Joan Rose, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources; and Dean William Strampel, College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Cynthia Jackson-Elmoore, Dean of the Honors College, convenes the session and moderates questions from the audience. Part of the series "Sharper Focus/Wider Lens" sponsored by: MSU Honors College; College of Law; College of Social Science; Department of Fisheries and Wildlife; College of Agriculture and Natural Resources; and the College of Osteopathic Medicine. Held in the MSU Student Union.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-09-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- U.S. President Barack Obama, the first American president to visit Kenya, delivers remarks to the Kenyan people. Obama speaks about Kenyan economic and human rights potential and challenges Kenyans to overcome corruption, expand its democracy, overcome ethnic division, protect human rights, and work to end discrimination against women and girls. Held at the Safaricom Indoor Arena in Nairobi.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-07-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama speaks at the Human Rights Campaign's 15th Annual National Dinner held at the Washington Convention Center. Obama declares that, "every single American...deserves to be treated equally in the eyes of the law and in the eyes of our society." He lists the accomplishments of his administration in the area of human rights and gay rights, including the repeal of "Don't ask, don't tell." Obama also advocates for his American Jobs Act which is pending in congress and says the country is having a fundamental debate national identity.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- An oral history in four parts from Richard "Dick" Letts, a championship athlete in football, tennis, and boxing, a leader at the Lincoln elementary after-school program, and the human relations director for the City of Lansing for 27 years. Dick Letts was interviewed on four consecutive occasions in July, 1990, by Evelyn Spears. A transcript for this recording has not been completed.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Voices of Lansing Oral Histories
- Description:
- President Barack Obama remarks on the death of former Libyan head of state Muammar Gaddafi. Saying that, "the dark shadow of tyranny has been lifted", Obama praises the successful Libyan revolution, but calls on Libyans to respect the human rights of all. He also recognizes Americans who were victims of the Gaddafi regime, and remarks on the political changes sweeping across the Arab world.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Ronald Reagan addressing the United Nations for the last time as U.S. President, points to the recent successes of the United Nations in bringing peace to the world and bringing human rights to totalitarian nations.
- Date Issued:
- 1988-09-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- United States President Barack Obama addresses the people of Vietnam in a speech at the National Convention Center in Hanoi, Vietnam. Obama talks about improving U.S.-Vietnamese relations, praises the advances Vietnam has made in recent years, and argues for the Trans-Pacific Partnership. He also talks about the progress Vietnam has made in insuring human rights.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-05-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
