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“Zimbabwe must ensure that fundamental rights
such as freedom of expression and association are respected in the run up to
its constitutional referendum.” In UN’s position, it’s not easy to
demand other countries to practice human rights. The UN has its principle of
not interfere in the domestic affairs of any country. No matter how big the
human rights issue in Zimbabwe is, the UN can’t do anything physically to
change it because it’s only an outsider.
There are many human rights issues with the
government of Zimbabwe, according to Human Rights Watch and other human rights
organizations, such as violating the rights to shelter, food, freedom of
movement and residence, freedom of assembly and the protection of the law.
There are child soldiers and discrimination against women. These are the problems
we can’t imagine as a first world country. But the people in third world
countries might not think of them as too big a problem because they are so used
to it. Also, they never know how the people in other countries live; they are
not educated to be informed about the human rights that they are supposed to
have.
Who would have to time and the strength to care
about their rights when they are striving to survive? How could the practice of
human rights to be assured when they really don’t have food to eat or shelters
to sleep? I imagine myself in that situation, where I don’t know if I will have
my next meal and I don’t know if my home will be at the same place tomorrow, I
don’t think I worry about my freedom of speech or anything above survival.
The list of human rights was made by the
leaders from first world countries. Just like rich people don’t understand how
poor people live, they don’t know how practical these “basic” human rights are
in third world countries where all that people want is only surviving. Instead of commending the Zimbabwe government
to ensure the fundamental human rights in the country, what the UN really
should do is to financially help the people in the country to have a better life.
Only not having to worry about surviving can the people pay more attention to
their other rights. That’s also how a society develop and build up.
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