Globalization, State, Mass Media and Human Rights

Globalization, State, Mass Media and Human Rightsglobalization is that unaccountable flows of migration
                             and open markets present new threats, which are
‘The care of human life and happiness, and notnot amenable to state-based human rights regimes,
their destruction, is the first and only object of goodwhile the new opportunities of global information and
government’……………  Thomasinstitutions are insufficiently accessible and distorted
Jefferson.by persistent state intervention.
‘The 20th century has been characterized byThe effect of globalization on state-based human
three developments of great political importance: Therights violations will depend on the type of state and
growth of democracy, the growth of corporateits history. In newly democratizing countries with
power, and the growth of corporate propaganda asweak institutions and elite-controlled economies
a means of protecting corporate power against(Russia, Latin America, and Southeast Asia), the
democracy’.……………Alex Careygrowth of global markets and economic flows tends
‘States are not moral agents, people are, andto destabilize coercive forces but increase crime,
can impose moral standards on powerfulpolice abuse, and corruption. Global mobility and
institutions’……………Noam Chomskyinformation flows generally stimulate ethnic
‘When I give food to the poor, they call me amobilization, which may promote self-determination in
saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, theyresponsive states but more often produces collective
call me a communist’……………Dom Helderabuses in defense of dominant-group hegemony. On
Camarathe other hand, the same forces have produced slow
Human Rights:institutional openings by less fragmented single-party
Human rights are universal, indivisible andstates (like China and Mexico). In much of Africa,
interdependent. Human rights are what make usglobalization has ironically increased power vacuums,
human. When we speak of the right to life, orby both empowering substate challengers and
development, or to dissent and diversity, we areproviding sporadic intervention, which displaces old
speaking of tolerance. Tolerance will ensure allregimes without consolidating new ones. Some of the
freedoms. Without it, we can be certain of none.most horrifying abuses of all have occurred in the
Human Rights are:The rights that someone has simplytransnationalized, Hobbesian civil wars of Sierra Leone,
because he or she is a human being.Angola, and the Congo.
•         UniversalCentre for Globalization:
•         InterconnectedThe Yale Center for the Study of Globalization uses
•         Indivisiblea variety of means to explore globalization and
Common Myths about Human Rights:promote the flow of ideas pertinent to our core
•           Human Rights are the same asissues. The activities organized by the YCSG are
civil rights.designed to interconnect in ways that will further the
•           Human Rights violations occurCenter’s mission and enable us to achieve our
only in poor, foreign countries.goals.
•           Human Rights are onlyActivities range from public lectures to international
concerned with violations.conferences to multidisciplinary roundtable discussions.
•           Only adults and lawyers canYCSG connects the academy and policy worlds by
understand the significance of Human Rights.bringing scholars and experts from outside the
•           Human Rights are only legalUniversity to interact with faculty and students in
rights.workshops, panel discussions and colloquia, and
•           Both Rights and Responsibilitiesorganizes at least one major conference each year
Universal Declaration of Human Rights:to explore an important aspect of globalization. A
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)highly visible role of the Center is to bring key leaders
was drafted by the UN Commission on Human Rightsin international affairs to campus to make a major
chaired by, then first lady, Eleanor Roosevelt.  Thepublic address.
UDHR was adopted by the 56 member nations ofThe Center has initiated a program to bring
the UN General Assembly on December 10, 1948. distinguished visitors to Yale for periods of up to one
December 10th is now celebrated around the worldyear to complete a project or collaborate on a body
as International Human Rights Day.  There areof work. Visitors will represent a range of
now188 member states in the United Nations that,backgrounds and experiences, from researchers and
upon membership, agreed to educate their citizenspractitioners to distinguished former government
about the principles of the UDHR. Most of theseofficials.
countries have incorporated the principles of theYCSG has developed and continues to cultivate
UDHR into their constitutions.collaborations with multilateral institutions, international
Five Primary Categories of Human Rights:and global organizations, and individuals who through
•         Civil Rightstheir work in academia or public policy contribute
•         Political Rightssignificantly to the globalization debate.
•         Economic Rights          It is necessary to establish such type
•         Social Rightsof centre in our university also. In the modern
•         Cultural Rightsgeneration also computer literacy is very low in our
Human Rights Education:community. It is very sad thing that our students
          Human rights Education is necessaryhave no interest to learn computer education.
for each and every one in the society. By knowingWithout computer it is not possible to share opinions
human rights it is possible to follow rules & regulationof other country citizens.
and rights & duties.Amnesty International:
•         Produces changes in values andAmnesty International is a world-embracing
attitudesmovement working for the protection of human
•         Produces changes in behaviorrights. It is independent of all governments and is
•         Produces empowerment for socialneutral in its relation to political groups, ideologies and
justicereligious dividing lines.
•         Develops attitudes of solidarityAmnesty  International  was  founded  in 1961 by
across issues and nationsPeter Benenson, a British lawyer. It  was  originally
•         Develops knowledge and analytical his  intention  to  launch an appeal in Britain with
skillsthe aim of obtaining an amnesty  for  prisoners of
•         Produces participatory educationconscience all over the world. The committee
 working  for  this  cause  soon  found that a
Globalization:detailed documentation of this category of prisoners
Globalization is the tendency of businesses,would be needed. Gradually they realized that the
technologies, or philosophies to spread throughoutwork would have to be carried   out on a more
the world, or the process of making this happen. Thepermanent   basis;  the  number  of  prisoners
global economy is sometimes referred to as globality, of  conscience  was  enormous  and they were
characterized as a totally interconnected marketplace,to be found in every part of the world.
unhampered by time zones or national boundaries.Amnesty international organization protecting the
The proliferation of McDonalds restaurants aroundhuman rights through out the world. It gives ranks
the world is an example of globalization; the fact thatfor protecting human rights to each and every
they adapt their menus to suit local tastes is ancountry in the world. In Asia our rank is best when
example of globalization (also known ascompared to other neighbouring countries.
internationalization), a combination of globalization andRole of mass media in protecting Human Rights:
localization.          Now we are living in the modern
Globalization and Human Rights:technological world. It is easy to know any type of
Globalization—the growing interpenetration ofthings with in seconds through out the world. Audions
states, markets, communications, and ideas acrossof televisions and internet users increasing day by
borders—is one of the leading characteristics ofday. It is easy to protect human rights with the help
the contemporary world. International norms andof mass media. Mass is called as fourth estate. With
institutions for the protection of human rights arethe help of mass media it is easy to motivate about
more developed than at any previous point in history,human rights each state of the citizens in the world.
while global civil society fosters growing avenues ofOur daily news papers focusing on human rights. It is
appeal for citizens repressed by their own states. Buttrue that government of the each states in the
assaults on fundamental human dignity continue, andworld have  take good  steps to protect human
the very blurring of borders and rise of transnationalrights because of mass media. It is very important
actors that facilitated the development of a globalthe Poets, Writers and Journalists should take care to
human rights regime may also be generating newprotect human rights through their poems, books,
sources of human rights abuse. Even as they arenovels and articles.
more broadly articulated and accepted, the rights ofConclusion:
individuals have come to depend ever more on a          Swamy Vivekananda said “We
broad array of global actors and forces, fromwant that education by which character is formed,
ministries to multinationals to missionaries.strength of mind is increased, the intellect is
Globalization is a package of transnational flows ofexpanded, and by which one can stand on one’s
people, production, investment, information, ideas,own feet”. It is true. It is our Government duty
and authority (not new, but stronger and faster).to give such type of education for each and every
Human rights are a set of claims and entitlements tostudent in the country. Through education only we
human dignity, which the existing international regimecan solve all types of problems. Through education it
assumes will be provided (or threatened) by theis easy to motivate peoples about moral values and
state. A more cosmopolitan and open internationalhuman rights. Education gives knowledge, strength
system should free individuals to pursue their rights,and creativity. By proper using of technology, it is
but large numbers of people seem to be sufferingpossible to India to become developed country in the
from both long-standing state repression and newworld in future. ‘Save human rights and give safe
denials of rights linked to transnational forces. Thelife to every one’ .
essays in this volume show that the challenge of