What The World Will NOT Tolerate

When we went to the State Department and talked with David Bame, someone brought the hostage situation involving American hikers being taken by the Iranian government. When talking about this situation, Mr. Bame pointed out that the actions of the Iranian government went against norms in international interaction and law. Normally, governments do not take hostages, they do not imprison people from other countries without those individuals breaking a law. These actions are typically done by criminal groups and the government turns a blind eye to the situation and feigns ignorance or pledges that they will do all they can to help recover the hostages. Everybody feels a certain heighten in emotions when they think about people being held hostage by extremist groups and it goes without question that these feelings are even more intensified when the government is involved. Today, people in the global society recognize that all people have certain human rights that can not be violated. One manifestation of this idea is the U.N's Universal Declaration of Human Rights. One of the things that the U.N decided was a protected universal human right was article 9 of the declaration which states, "No one shall be objected to arbitrary arrest, detention, or exile. This declaration of universal human rights, in my opinion, lays out things that sovereign states can not get away with violating. The ideas that no one shall be enslaved, and everyone has the right to life, liberty, and security of person are things also listed in the declaration of universal human rights. I feel that if any of the things listed as universal human rights are things that sovereign states can not violate. If there is a violation the people and the international community will see that justice takes place.