Modern day slavery

What is human trafficking?

Illegal trade of human beings: prostitution, force labour or a modern day form of slavery.

This includes, men, women and children. Everyone is a victim of this illegal trade.

Main reason for human trafficking?

• Poor family.
• need money
• family trading in for money.
• Trafficking can work like : It is a common practice to persuade a young woman to leave home and to move to a wealthier neighbouring country where she can work in domestic service, child, or adult care, waitress, restaurant or at a bar.
• poverty

International, Regional and National anti trafficking laws and conventions that define outlaw and punish trafficking

What makes someone human.

wWe are Homo Sapiens. We have religion. The ability to know what is right and wrong; the ability to communicate in a whole new level. The ability to create. Great understanding.

Evolution, natural selections are what make us humans today. The language.

The ability to reason better than most creatures makes us human.

Human evolution is the origin and evolution of Homo Sapiens- hominids, great apes and mammals.

We also have a unique identity and are marked with something supernatural deep within us- a never ending spirit- an immortal soul. It is that soul that directs out feelings, thoughts and will. Even more unique than animals, plants, insects.

reflection

I've learnt how the court works, and arranged from witness,cross examiner, researchers, chief executives to the juries. I developed my research and understanding skills.

I find finding information very easy, i think this is because i'm always doing this at home. I find cross examining hard because you need to ask questions and so on.

We constantly cross examine the witnesses. And the researches gather up information that is relevant/related to the topic. The chief executers were making sure everyone did their work. We are organized and prepare for the court case.

We had alot of teamwork during the court case. From the chief executers-> to researches- witness and cross examiners on the bench. We know what we're going to say, i think we can predict what our opposing team might say. We're confident in our evidence.

I think i did the researching really well, passing notes, searching more information in the court.

I think the target would be : More time to conduct the court case. Make the question clear and understandable.

I would practice my presentation skills at home and prepare notes and researches before hand

Against death penalty

The question is, does death penalty actually save lives?

If your family/friends are killed, you would want to get revenge right?

lets say its a married man who killed your family/friends and you kill them back/is sent to death penalty, wouldn't his family want revenge too?

This is like a cycle..

they kill, you kill, they kill, you kill

Theres no stopping this cycle if the death penalty isn't abolish

According to roughly a dozen recent studies, executions save lives/ For each inmate put to death, the studies say, 3- 18 murders are prevented...

so.. lets say.. if the man is dead, and you recently found out that he is innocent. Theres nothing you can do about IT.

Reasons to GO AGAINST DEATH PENALTY:

1) executions cost more than life in prison

2) the innocent may be wrongly executed

3)crime rates have not gone down

4)killing is wrong

5) life in prison is already enough

6) why kill people who kill people to show killing is wrong- yes we want to make sure that there is accountability for crime and an effective deterrent in place; however, the death penalty has message of " you killed on of us, so we'll kill you". The state is actually using a murder to punish someone who committed murder. Does that make sense?

7) financial cost to taxpayers of capital punishment-most people don't realise that carrying out one death sentence cost 2-5 times more than keeping them in prison

8) it is barbaric and violates the "cruel and unusual" clause in the Bill of rights- Whether is electric chair or gas chamber or lethal injection or hanging, it is barbaric to allow this kind of death to be made.

For Death Penalty

For death Penalty

Most countries have abolished the death penalty. But I am going for Death Penalty. Why? because for example, if your best friend/parents/siblings got murdered. What will you do? You would want them dead right? Lets say if the Amnesty abolish the death penalty, What will happen? You can't do anything right?

If the death penalty is abolished , crime rate will rise. Unless the enforcement rate goes up, then it will be fine, but we can't 100% say it will go up will it?

AND ALSO

Its better to just kill the person then just keep them in a prison cell. It's so much cheaper. There is also a high chance that the prisoner might escape from prison and that leads to chaos. Facts and evidence supporting the abolishment of the death penalty are often exaggerated. A consequence for committing the crimes are necessary

For eg, Guantanamo Bay.

They torture you, but they wouldn't let you die.

Lets say the death penalty is abolish, would you want to suffer before death?

Reasons:

1) death penalty gives closure to the victim's families who have suffered so much- SOme family members of crime victims may take years or decades to recover from the shock and loss of a loved one. One thing that helps hasten this recovery is to achieve some kind of closure. Life if prison just means the criminal is still around to haunt the victim. A death sentence brings finality to a horrible chapter in the lives of these family members.

2) it creates another form of crime deterrent - crime would run rampant as never before if there wasn't some way to deter people from committing acts. Prison time is an effective deterrent, but with some people, more is needed.

3) justice is better served- punishment should fit the crime. When someone plans to murder another person, doesn't it make sense that the punishment for the perpetrator also be death?

4) it contributes to the problem of overpopulation in the prison system- too many prisoners(causing overcrowding). Not enough resources, not enough space. When you eliminate the death penalty as an option, it means that prisoner must be housed for life.

Against or FOR death penalty

I would go for Death penalty.

Cyberbullying

* Defamation – harm done to a person’s reputation, and slander (spoken) versus libel (written)- I think this would cause the person a mental breakdown

* Whether a statement is seen or heard by a third party or parties

* Whether the identity of the target is clear

* Anonymity – does it make the perpetrator more or less responsible?

* Harassment – what does it involve?

* Duty to provide a safe work or study environment – what roles do schools and teachers play?- I think the school would have to take actions if it's causing the person pain and misery to he/her life.

* Right to freedom of expression – what limits should be placed on it?- too much freedom is not good because you might be doing something out of the ordinary.

* Right to security of person – should people be protected from written or verbal attacks?- I think everyone deserve to suffer in life even it means ONCE or TWICE. No one is meant to be protected everyday, every hour of their lifetime

* Defences and confounding factors – what makes a possibly libellous statement okay?

* Truth – when the statement is accurate

* Fair comment - a legitimate journalistic intent

* “The reasonable person” - how offensive does something have to be before it becomes libellous?