ADMISSION ESSAY

MA Human Rights (Admission Essay)

“Human rights are what reason requires and conscience demands. They are us and we are them. Human rights are rights that any person has as a human being”.

Kofi Annan

Human Rights are something which has always fascinated me since my childhood. My fascination has grown over the time after witnessing the injustices inflicted upon the underprivileged in most part of the world, courtesy of modern media. I believed Society as a whole has the obligation to protect humanity in terms of providing individuals with their individual basic right. On the contrary, there are others who are of the opinion that society is made up of people and the prime aim of a society is to ensure that every individual is leading the life he/she is suppose to; meaning all that he/she should be entitled with. But to me this thinking is wrong. Society does not solely have the obligation to protect humanity. This brings up the question what societies are made up of, what are human rights, what entails them and what are their prime obligations and tasks. Another question that often comes up in my mind is that if not society, and then who all are responsible to protect humanity, what do individuals think what societies are and their role , name of organization that have worked on it along with their mission in terms of providing individuals with their basic right. Society or a human society is a group of people related to each other through persistent relations such as social status, roles and social networks. In other words it is a large social grouping that shares the same geographical territory and is subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Society is organized into various kinds of social groupings, such as nomadic hordes, towns, cities and nations, within which it works, trade, play, play and interact in different ways. Unlike other species, combine socializing with deliberate changes in behavior and social organization over time. As a result, patterns of human society differ from one place to another, from one era to another and from one culture to another, making the world a very complex social and dynamic. The more I ponder over the issue, the more it unfolds the complexities itself and present new intricacies which aroused my interest in this particular field. The study of human rights is loaded with attitudes ...