Guilty until proven innocent
So, the latest news is that I've not only left England behind for a year, but Sweden as well. Now sitting and writing in my new house in Guadalajara, Mexico! It's warm and sunny and Spanish is all around me!
I just wanted to write something about human rights cause I reacted to something I saw just now on youtube. It's a really good clip and you can see it at the end of this entry. Basically the clip states the Universal Human Rights Declaration. And one thing it said there, that I haven't paid much attention to before, is that your are innocent until proven guilty. I did not know that that was in the Declaration of Human Rights. Today we had our second day of orientation here in Mexico and we were told that according to the Mexican legal system you are guilty until proven innocent. Interesting... I was aware of the fact that I was going to a developing country were a lot of things are very different and several human rights are breached. What I did not know though was that this could affect me directly, so quickly. Of course I am not accused of something, and hopefully never will be during my time here, but it's still an aspect of life that you have to take into account. An aspect of life I've never considered before. It made me think, and react. I wouldn't know what to do about it, but I find it very interesting that a state can have a law that contradicts the Universal Human Rights Declaration...
On a completely different note I'd just like to say that our Downtown tour of Guadalajara was cancelled today because Barack Obama is coming to town!! He, the Mexican President Felipe Calderon, and some other important people, are going to meet here during the weekend! So I'm going to be in the same city as Obama! The International Relations-student within me is very excited!
I just wanted to write something about human rights cause I reacted to something I saw just now on youtube. It's a really good clip and you can see it at the end of this entry. Basically the clip states the Universal Human Rights Declaration. And one thing it said there, that I haven't paid much attention to before, is that your are innocent until proven guilty. I did not know that that was in the Declaration of Human Rights. Today we had our second day of orientation here in Mexico and we were told that according to the Mexican legal system you are guilty until proven innocent. Interesting... I was aware of the fact that I was going to a developing country were a lot of things are very different and several human rights are breached. What I did not know though was that this could affect me directly, so quickly. Of course I am not accused of something, and hopefully never will be during my time here, but it's still an aspect of life that you have to take into account. An aspect of life I've never considered before. It made me think, and react. I wouldn't know what to do about it, but I find it very interesting that a state can have a law that contradicts the Universal Human Rights Declaration...
On a completely different note I'd just like to say that our Downtown tour of Guadalajara was cancelled today because Barack Obama is coming to town!! He, the Mexican President Felipe Calderon, and some other important people, are going to meet here during the weekend! So I'm going to be in the same city as Obama! The International Relations-student within me is very excited!
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