Assignment #8 Human Rights Expert Questions

1. After reports of the hundreds of cases of ill-treatment and torture to inmates in prison by police and correctional officers, how are officers being held accountable and what measures can feasibly be taken to ensure that inmates are treated fairly, and the internal corruption isn't keeping officers from being help accountable for their actions or crimes against inmates, and the conditions in which they live?

https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2018/country-chapters/argentina#49dda6

2. Women have been fighting for their rights for years now, and one aspect of human rights in Argentina that seems to be a huge problem still is femicide and violence against women. What are the main crimes against women and how might they differ from those predominately against men?

https://worldjusticeproject.org/our-work/programs/rights-action-access-justice-women-argentina

3. There are lots of different crimes related to human rights in Argentina but are some of them more common than others? And of the human rights issues that are faced in the country, which ones are the hardest to identify and hold people accountable for?

https://sur.conectas.org/en/current-agenda-security-human-rights-argentina/

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Lower House of Deputies Assignment #2

Image
The picture I took from the Palace of the Argentine Congress depicts the Argentine Chamber of Deputies, which is the lower house of congress. There are 257 deputies in office who hold a 4 year term. Every 2 years, however, half of the seats are up for reelection, so the seats in the House of Deputies are constantly shifting. Much like in the United states, the House of deputies has the right to impeach after the majority of 2/3 of its members being present. When we saw the room, it reminded me much of how the US also has the house of representatives set up. Something I thought was interesting is how each seat has a weight sensor on it, so that it can quickly be decided if there are enough members present to start a vote. out of the 257 members, there must be 129 present to initiate a vote. Once quorum is reached the session may begin. There are 3 galleries for viewing; the first gallery is for deputy guests and the president, while the last two are for the general public. There are als...
Read more