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Human rights have been the issues at debate ever since the United Nations adopted them and they convey the message – we, the people of the United Nations are deeply concerned on rights and duties that are basic to the fundamental growth of mankind.Human Rights Commissions and Committees (HRC) are formed in different countries to oversee the execution of human rights.In course of time, various states had ratified International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural rights and also had ratified International Covenant on Civil and Political rights to fulfill the mission of 1948 declaration. Image Source: thetrentonlinecom.c.presscdn.com Types ADVERTISEMENTS: Human Rights may be classified as civil, political, economic and cultural. (1) Social or Civil Human Rights: Rights generally related to life, liberty and property which help to lead civilised ways…

Travelling has great educational value. It increases the frontiers of our knowledge. While travelling, a person comes across people of different races, religions, castes, regions, etc. He also visits different places. Each place has a historical importance of its own. Many colleges and schools arrange educational tours for the benefit of their students. Young boys and girls of western countries have a great passion for travelling.Travelling is also a source of great pleasure. It gives us respite from our dull and dreary routine. It relieves us of our worries. It affords us an opportunity to meet our near and dear ones who may be far away from us. It enables us to meet new people and know their customs, habits and traditions. We can also know the different kinds of…

A constitution, like a tree, is only suitable to the climate of a particular country and therefore, it is difficult to have a general standard for the evaluation of a good constitution. In spite of this difficulty, the following few points may be taken as the requisites of an ideal constitution. ADVERTISEMENTS: (1) The constitution should suit to the social and political atmosphere of the country. It should be drafted with political realities in mind and in consideration of the needs, desires, traditions and habits of the people. It should not be an imposed document. (2) The contents of a good constitution should be confined to ‘fundamentals’. It must contain the fundamental features of the governmental system of the State. It should clearly state the powers and functions of different…

Five Important Merits and Demerits of the Presidential Form of Government are as follows: Merits: (1) The chief merit of this system lies in the fact that it establishes a stable executive which does not depend upon the fluctuating will of the legislature. The tenure of the executive is fixed and, therefore, the policy is carried without any fear or favour. Further, a fixed tenure of office means a greater continuity of policies and programmes and higher standard of administration. (2) As the executive authority is concentrated in one hand, there is singleness of purpose, more vigour initiative and promptness than in the cabinet system. There is unity of control in administration and there is absence of delay in taking decision. Image Source: canadait.com ADVERTISEMENTS: This is why this form…

The traditional distinctive attributes or characteristics of sovereignty are: permanence, exclusiveness, all-comprehensiveness, inalienability, indivisibility, and absoluteness.Permanence: ADVERTISEMENTS: Sovereignty is permanent and it continues uninterrupted as long as the State exists. Changes in government do not mean cessation of sovereignty. Bearers of the authority of government may change, but the State endures and so does sovereignty.It does not cease with the “death or temporary dispossession of a particular bearer or the reorganisation of the State, but shifts immediately to a new bearer as the centre of gravity shifts from one part of a physical body to another when it undergoes external change.” Image Source: ksr-ugc.imgix.netExclusiveness:The sovereign power is exclusive and there is none to compete with it. There can be only one sovereign power in a State which can legally command…

The State is, as Garner said, “neither the handiwork of God, nor the result of superior physical force, nor the creation of resolution or convention, nor a mere expansion of the family.”The State is, as Garner said, “neither the handiwork of God, nor the result of superior physical force, nor the creation of resolution or convention, nor a mere expansion of the family.”It is an institution of natural growth which originated in the bare needs of the life of man and continues in existence for the sake of good life. ADVERTISEMENTS: The theory which explains, and is now accepted as a convincing origin of the State, is the Historical or Evolutionary Theory. It explains that the State is the product of growth, a slow and steady evolution extending over a…