22 oct 2012
A man in a Russian pub in Jerusalem called “Putin” checks his emails and surfs the web.
Unrestricted access to the internet is considered a basic Human Right by the United Nations; this means they think all adults in the world should be able to see the same internet.
Internet censorship is becoming increasingly important now we get news online.
The internet is not a constant world wide and can provide different factual news information, depending on which of the counties with censorship you are looking at it from.
23 oct 2012
A relaxed cyclist near the Cinematec Building in Tel Aviv.
The right to pursuit of happiness means you can do whatever you want in your life.
Meet and develop relationships with anyone and participate in any economic, social, cultural or recreational activities of the community.
You should also be able to enjoy your own property and other belongings without interference.
A person must be able to live by their own values and beliefs.
Even acts which some may consider to be self destructive may be allowed within reason.
A person ultimately must be free to pursue their own goals and happiness in their own way.
24 oct 2012
The newly rebuilt Habima Theater in central Tel Aviv.
Habima the national theatre of Israel it was founded in Moscow after the 1905 revolution.
Performances were in Hebrew and dealt with the issues of the Jewish people, it was persecuted by the Tsarist government.
The right to culture is about the celebration and protection of creativity and traditions.
The right of an individual to enjoy culture and to advance and explore culture without any interference from the state, is the human right.
Under international human rights law governments have an obligation to promote and conserve cultural activities and artifacts, particularly those of universal value.
25 oct 2012
An old man sits homeless on the pavement next to a dustbin, unnoticed in Allenby Street Tel Aviv.
The elderly have the same rights as everyone else and should not be forced to retire.
The rights of the Elderly.
They have the right to an adequate standard of living, education and social security.
The United Nations states that they should be treated as a disadvantaged or vulnerable group.
They have the right to make their own decisions about their lives and where they live and how they live.
26 oct 2012
Refugees from Darfur in Sudan sit on a park bench in Levinski Park central Tel Aviv.
The shipping container in the picture contains the abandoned possessions of deported Sudanese people.
Despite the fact some Sudanese people have been deported as illegal immigrants they still own the items within the shipping containers and Israel has no right to dispose of these items or sell them against their will.
Your property remains yours unless the abandonment is purely voluntary, under international law if you threw items into the sea to save a ship they would still be yours.
27 oct 2012
The ruins of the Dolphinarium discotheque, where a suicide bomber blew himself up, killing 21 Israeli teenagers and injuring 132 on June 1, 2001.
The life of an individual is protected.
International human rights laws do not apply for, the death penalty, violence in self-defence and war (excluding civilians and prisoners of war).
Right to life issues include abortion, euthanasia and infanticide.
Right to life is also not breached if you die when the police use necessary force to, stop you carrying out unlawful violence, make a lawful arrest, stop you escaping lawful detainment or stop a riot or uprising.
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