Human rights are rights that belong to all human beings; whatever their nationality, color, religion, language, place of residence, or ethnic origin are. I believe we are all equally entitled to our human rights without discrimination.
International human rights law lays down obligations of Governments to act in certain ways or to prohibit certain acts, in order to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms of individuals or groups. Human rights exist to stop other people from the ignorance, abuse, violation and discrimination that others commit on them. All of these situations mentioned icluding terror and disappearances are everyday ocurrences in Colombia. There is a population of approximately 45 million here in Colombia where about mostly half of these people have possibly gone through those situations or worse. The threatening human righhs situation in Colombia is the worst in the region. Most of the human rights violations are executed by the guerrilla groups, laramilitaries and government forces. These include massacres, killings, torture, kidnapping and extortion. Human rights workers, lawyers, judges and even peasants are among the most common victims of terrorist groups and drug lords. The colombian government has come up with a military-economic plan for the removal of coke that has threatened to increase the armed conflict. The law offers a reduced sentence to members of groups who have committed crimes if they participate in demobilization. The law only applies to paramilitaries; not the mafia-like miltary groups who are funded by drug trafficking. The law provides no justice for the victims.
I believe that the only solution for all of these problems is to open our minds and respect other peoples beliefs. Not to discrimante or distinguish other people because at the end of the day we are all humans and we are all equal. All these problems would lead to war and what we all would want is to live in a peaceful world and society.
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