Compare and contrast Human Rights and Global Issues

Human Rights protect the vulnerable and powerless with a set of ethical and moral principles that are common to all humankind. Global issues are those problems that cannot be solved by any one country.

Explanation:

Human Rights

Human rights include the right to life and liberty, freedom from slavery and torture, the right to sustenance like food and water, freedom of expression, the right to work, shelter, and education, and many more. Although the notion of "human rights" has a philosophical element in world religions and moral or ethical standards in different cultures that can be traced back centuries in some cases, when we talk about human rights we usually mean "human rights law." This is more recent and it is tied to the notion of majoritarianism, democracy, and the liberal state. Sometimes minorities have difficulty assuring their human rights versus the majority in countries, such as refugees and indigenous peoples. It is then important to have a set of standards that act in the interest of those who have less power and who are vulnerable.

Global Issues

Global issues are issues that go beyond the boundaries of any one state or nation and they cannot be resolved by any one country acting themselves, they are mutual problems like global warming and climate change. issues that transcend national boundaries and cannot be resolved by any one country acting alone. The United Nations is a good example to examine for understanding the notion of global issues. It has been charged with promoting peace and economic and social progress for the good of all humankind, but there are challenges like AIDs and Ebola, and the refugee crisis and migrant rights versus national sovereignty. Other global issues include disaster relief and the control of atomic energy.