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Joan, Nam <br />HONORABLE MENTION <br />Parkview <br />Mr. Peterson <br />What are "human rights?" Human ri : ghts are the basic Protections <br />for� a,l�l hu�m�an b�e,iriigs, often i'ncl�ud�in�g the r,igh�ts to life and libertv, freedorn, <br />of thought and expression,'and equality with respect to the law,. Before <br />thelse human rights had been formally established'g people often abusei <br />one olth�eir., and they may, not have levielin thought o�f other people as human <br />beings. History r usi some horrendou�s a,blusies, against human <br />w <br />beings. In Meldieval Europe, for example, crimi nals were killed by, cruel <br />techniQues, siuch as the iiron maiden or quarteiring. Even in th�e twentieth <br />ceintury, in Siloviet Union and Nazi Germanyl there wiere the poliltica,l <br />9 <br />prisoners,, starvation by Stalin, and concentratillon ca, e of the <br />a e e 'n�g n�olw is in Israel and Palestine. There are suicide <br />buss happni <br />'tornbers and Israelisi restricting Palestinians from freel�y moving about. <br />rorn the above examplesp i't is clear that oiffilc,ial Human Rights Acts are a <br />necessity., History has repeat own Man's Inhumanity toward man�. <br />