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- Citizens ___(1)___ these countries have the right to bring a complaint ____(2)____ the European Commission.

- The Commission may refer the matter ____(3)____ the European Court of Human rights, which has the right to order a change ____(4)____ law ____(5)___ that country.

- When the laws of a country violate human rights, groups like Amnesty International protest ____(6)____ a government ____(7)____ moral grounds.

- The Treaty provided ____(8)____ individual states to bring a complaint ____(9)____ a member state ____(10)____ breach____(11)____ the terms ____(12)____ the Convention.

- Article 25 allows ____(13)____ complaints to be received ____(14)____ individuals but only if the country ____(15)____ which the complaint is being made has recognized the jurisdiction ____(16)____ the individual to do so.

 

18 In each of situations, one or more of the articles from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has been broken or abused. Match each of the situations with the relevant article or articles. Choose from between Article 3 and Article 26 only.

 

1. Children between the age of 5 and 11 have to go to school, but their parents must pay for it.

2. A man has his house broken into and his television stolen. He goes to the police but they tell him to go away because they have more important thins to do.

3. Staff employed by Company “A” have to start work at 7 in the morning and work until 7 in the evening, with only a half hour break for lunch. They work from Monday to Saturday, and do not get paid leave.

4. A couple wants to have a baby. The government says that country is overpopulated and tells them that they cannot have a baby yet.

5. A new government tells all public servants that they have to become a member of their political party. Anyone who refuses will lose their job.

6. John Doe is arrested because the police think he has killed someone. Before his trial has begun, a popular newspaper publishers an article about him (complete with photographs of his arrest) with the headline “Vicious murderer John Doe caught! ”

7. Two friends, one white and one black, have been threatened with violence. They go to the police to ask for protection. The police agree to help the white man, but not to the black man.

8. A journalist writes a newspaper article explaining why he opposes his country’s foreign policy. He is told by the government that he has become persona non grata, he must leave the country immediately and never return.

9. A woman who lives in a capital city wants to visit her sick father, who lives 200 km away. She is told that she cannot leave the city to visit him.

10. A poor man murders someone and is sent to prison. A rich man commits a murder in similar circumstances but is allowed to go free.

11. A robber is sent to prison for five years. While he is in prison, the government confiscates all his belongings, and then destroy his house.

12. A man travels to another country where he asks to stay because he is frightened of remaining in his home country. He is immediately sent back to the country ha came from.

13 The Republic of Istanata has never given women the right to vote.

14. At a party, a woman tells a group of friends that she thinks the government of her country is corrupt and incompetent. The next day she is arrested and never seen again.

15. A newspaper editor dislikes a famous popular actress, so publishers an article about her. The article describes the actress as “ugly, stupid, greedy and unable to act”.

16. A group of about 200 people hold a meeting in a public building to discuss their government’s policies. The police arrive and arrest them all.

17. The government intercepts, opens and reads one of their keys opponent’s letters and other mail.

18 A famous political author writes a book criticizing the police. She then leaves her home to go on a tour to promote her book. While she is away, the police start harassing her husband and children.

19. Mr. Smith and Ms. Jones do exactly the same company. They have the same qualifications and the same experience. Mr. Smith receives $35, 000 a year, and Ms. Jones receives $28, 000 a year.

20. A woman joins a trade union. The company she works for discovers this and immediately dismisses her.

21. A man loses his job and cannot find work. His country does not offer financial support for people who are out of work.

22. A 17-year-old boy murders someone a few days before his 18th birthday. He is arrested, and six months later the case goes to court. His country has the death penalty for murder if the murderer is 18 or over. The judge sentences him to death and he is executed.

23 A policemen does not like the look of a young man sitting on a park bench, so arrests him, takes him to the police station and puts him in a police cell.

24. A poor man borrows money from a wealthy factory owner. He is unable to pay the money back. The factory owner takes the man’s 12-year-old son and makes him work in the factory to pay off the debt.

25. A new government closes all the churches, temples, mosques and synagogues in its country, and forbids anyone from attending services there.

 

19. Form nouns of the following verbs adding corresponding suffixes: -tion,

-ation, -ision, -ment: Translate these nouns into Ukrainian.

punish, provide, interpret, convict, violate, allege, classify, decide, argue, judge, treat, legislate, humiliate, derogate, apply, imprison, execute, inflict, prohibit, subject, assess.

 






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