should countries be able to set their own laws?
'Each country should be able to set its own rules about the rights of its citizens.' Do you agree with this statement? Give reasons for your opinion, showing you have considered another point of view.
In this essay I will be discussing countries and whether they should have independent laws or not. I recognise that some countries may have to base their laws according to their government's policies, culture and religion. However what some citizens may not know is that they have 'Human Rights' that allow them to contradict any laws they don't agree with.
In Iran forced marriages are legal even to children of a young age. Hundreds of girls below the age of ten are forced into marriage. According to recent data released by Iran's Association of Children's Rights, the number of girls married in Iran under the age of 15 went from 33,383 in 2006 to 43,459 in 2009, a 30 percent increase in three years. These alarming figures were accompanied by an official statement from the Iranian parliament's legal affairs committee that the Islamic Republic will push to lower the legal marriage for girls to 9 (before them even reach puberty) from the current 13. This case study shows us that this law violates many human rights that the child is born with, that are stated in the UNCRC (United nation convention of the rights of a child). In article 31 'it states that all children have the right to relax and play and to join in a wide range of activities' Marriage is a huge responsibility and that completely takes away any sense of innocence from the child.
On the other hand
In this essay I will be discussing countries and whether they should have independent laws or not. I recognise that some countries may have to base their laws according to their government's policies, culture and religion. However what some citizens may not know is that they have 'Human Rights' that allow them to contradict any laws they don't agree with.
In Iran forced marriages are legal even to children of a young age. Hundreds of girls below the age of ten are forced into marriage. According to recent data released by Iran's Association of Children's Rights, the number of girls married in Iran under the age of 15 went from 33,383 in 2006 to 43,459 in 2009, a 30 percent increase in three years. These alarming figures were accompanied by an official statement from the Iranian parliament's legal affairs committee that the Islamic Republic will push to lower the legal marriage for girls to 9 (before them even reach puberty) from the current 13. This case study shows us that this law violates many human rights that the child is born with, that are stated in the UNCRC (United nation convention of the rights of a child). In article 31 'it states that all children have the right to relax and play and to join in a wide range of activities' Marriage is a huge responsibility and that completely takes away any sense of innocence from the child.
On the other hand