Jersey D.

Ramos

Grade 12 ABM (GORRES)

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Article 2 Freedom from Discrimination

Article 3 Right to Life, Liberty, Personal Security

Article 4 Freedom from Slavery

Article 5 Freedom from Torture and Degrading Treatment

Article 6 Right to Recognition as a Person before the Law

Article 7 Right to Equality before the Law

Article 8 Right to Remedy by Competent Tribunal

Article 9 Freedom from Arbitrary Arrest and Exile

Article 10 Right to Fair Public Hearing

Article 11 Right to be Considered Innocent until Proven Guilty

Article 12 Freedom from Interference with Privacy, Family, Home and

Article 13 Right to Free Movement in and out of the Country

Article 14 Right to Asylum in other Countries from Persecution

Article 15 Right to a Nationality and the Freedom to Change It

Article 16 Right to Marriage and Family

Article 17 Right to Own Property

Article 18 Freedom of Belief and Religion

Article 19 Freedom of Opinion and Information

Article 20 Right of Peaceful Assembly and Association

Article 21 Right to Participate in Government and in Free Elections

Article 22 Right to Social Security

Article 23 Right to Desirable Work and to Join Trade Unions

Article 25 Right to Adequate Living Standard

Article 26 Right to Education

Article 27 Right to Participate in the Cultural Life of Community

Article 28 Right to a Social Order that Articulates this Document

Article 29 Community Duties Essential to Free and Full Development

Article 30 Freedom from State or Personal Interference in the above Rights

Myanmar: The perilous journey of Rohingya refuges

About 146,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled from violence in Myanmar since August 25, according to UN
estimates.

The latest surge bring to 233,000 the total number of Rohingya who have sought refuge in Bangladesh
since October last year.

The mass exodus came after suspected Rohingya fighters attacked police posts and an army base in the
western region of Rakhine.

The Myanmar government has blamed the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) for the violence, but
fleeing Rohingya civilians accused the Myanmar army of carrying out a campaign of arson and killings -
aimed at forcing them out of the country.

Authorities in Myanmar say close to 100 people have been killed in the latest violence but advocates for
the Rohingya told Al Jazeera that at least 800 of the Muslim minority, including dozens of women and
children, were dead.

Al Jazeera has been unable to independently verify the figures.

Burundi: UN independent panel calls for ICC probe into possible crimes against
humanity
5 September 2017 – Having concluded that serious human rights violations, including executions and
sexual violence, are continuing in Burundi with impunity, a United Nations-appointed expert panel will
ask the International Criminal Court (ICC) to open an investigation into possible crimes against humanity.

“We were struck by the scale and the brutality of the violations,” said Fatsah Ouguergouz, President of
the Commission of Inquiry, in a press report published Monday.

According to the Commission's report, crimes such as extrajudicial executions, arbitrary arrests and
detention, torture, sexual violence, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment and enforced disappearances
have been committed – and continue unabated.

“We also noted a lack of will on the part of the Burundian authorities to fight against impunity and
guarantee the independence of the judiciary,” continued Mr. Ouguergouz. “As a result, there is a strong
likelihood that the perpetrators of these crimes will remain unpunished.”

In view of the impunity protecting the perpetrators, the Commission said that it is asking the ICC to open
an investigation into the crimes as soon as possible. It is also asking the African Union to retake the
initiative to find a lasting solution, based on respect for human rights, to the crisis in Burundi and to
remain actively involved.

Among the alleged perpetrators, the Commission mentions members, including high-level officials, of
the National Intelligence Services and the national police force, military officials, and Imbonerakure – the
youth league of the ruling party.

The conclusions presented by the three Commissioners are the result of several months of investigations
and interviews with more than 500 witnesses, including many Burundians living abroad as refugees and
others who remain in in the country, often risking their lives.

“There is a climate of pervasive fear in Burundi. Victims have been threatened, even in exile. This meant
that the Commission had to be extremely careful to ensure that their testimonies could not be used to
endanger them,” said Françoise Hampson, one of the three members of the Commission.

These accounts, whether from victims, their families or witnesses, were rigorously checked and
corroborated. They show that serious human rights violations are ongoing.

“We continue to receive reliable, credible and consistent information confirming that these violations are
still taking place in Burundi today. Some of these violations are occurring in a more clandestine manner,
but they are still just as brutal,” underscored Mr. Ouguergouz.

The Burundian authorities rejected the Commission's repeated attempts to establish a dialogue and to
request information from the government, and did not allow its members to go to Burundi.

“We deeply regret the Burundian Government's lack of cooperation, which, among other things, made it
difficult for us to document human rights abuses committed by armed opposition groups. This is all the
more regrettable given that Burundi, as a member of the Human Rights Council, has an obligation to
cooperate with mechanisms set up by the Council,” said Reine Alapini Gansou, a member of the
Commission.

The Commission is asking the Burundian authorities to immediately put a stop to serious human rights
violations by state agents and Imbonerakure, over whom the State exercises control