appeal to the United Nat ions and ask that organization in the proper way to take cognizance of a situation which deprives this group of their rights as men and citizens, and by so doing makes the functioning of the United Nations more difficult, if not in many cases impossible.
This reminds me of what we talked about earlier in the semester--even though human rights are supposed to be universal, someone's, or a group of people's ability to receive those rights depends on the government of their nation. How does someone go about reporting and getting justice for human rights violations when their nation is the one violating them? How does a group of people receive the justice and recognition they deserve because they are human (and therefore have human rights) when some domestic issues of violence are often not seen as important in the world of international human rights? How can a country effectively and honestly protect international human rights as part of the UN when they are violating human rights within their own state?