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14. Ukraine regularly subjects migrants and those foreigners who want
   protection from the government for political reasons to abuse,
   including extended detention in appalling conditions, violence,
   extortion, robbery and forced returns.
15. We demand an end to the killing of innocent ordinary people.
16. The women’s rights movement succeeded in getting for many women
   the right to take part in the election.
17. The year 2005 marks the fifteenth year of the entry into force of the
   Convention on the Rights of the Child, the landmark treaty that
   guarantees children the right to be free from discrimination, to be
   protected in armed conflicts, to be protected from torture and
   extremely cruel, or humiliating treatment or punishment and other
   abuses, among other rights.
18. Florida's Supreme Court ruled the men had no right to be left alone so
   that nobody could disturb them because they willingly took part in
   criminal activities.
19. The seven EFTA countries will embrace community legislation
   covering the issue that goods, services, capital and people can move
   about.
20. The leader announced at the beginning that he allows everybody to
   say what they want but speeches must be kept short.
21. The plan is designed in such a way so that people from these groups
   can get the same chances within the EC.
22. The recognition of the rights that cannot be taken away and belong to
   all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice
   and peace in the world.
23. The rights of ethnic minorities are often broken.

Discussion
Exercise 3. Discuss the following questions.

1. Name basic human rights. Which of them do you find the most
   important?
2. When did the concept of human rights first appear?
3. Can we regard the US War for Independence or Civil war of 1861-
   1865 as examples of human rights movement?
4. When, in your opinion, can we speak about the flourishing of human
   rights movement?
5. As we know, the XX century saw a lot of national liberation
   movements. Who contributed most in human rights protection in their
   countries?
6. Why did the problem of human rights protection raise the most
   concerns in the XX century?
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