Human Rights | MCQs

Explanation

• Anti-Slavery International is the world's oldest human rights organisation.
• Its roots stretch back to 1787 when the first abolitionist society was formed.
• The British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society (BFASS) was officially created on 17 April 1839 to crusade against slavery and the slave trade throughout the world.
  

Explanation

Human Rights Minister Dr. Shireen Mazari inaugurated the first Transgender Protection Centre in Islamabad on H-9/4 on 13.10.2021

while

The National Assembly of Pakistan enacted The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights), Act 2018 on 8th May 2018. 

Explanation

In February 2021, Germany declined the license to two firms planning the export of small arms to India due to the Indian army’s poor human rights record in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K).

Though Germany is India’s sixth-largest trading partner

and its largest trading partner from the European Union, it feared that its small arms could be used against the civilian population in IIOJK.

Explanation

The 1973 Constitution of Pakistan consists of:

280 articles

12 chapters

a schedule divided into 7 chapters.

while

In the constitution of Pakistan, 1973, 'Chapter 1: Fundamental rights' consists of Articles 8-28 

the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan 4 parts

Part I – Introductory

Part II – Fundamental Rights and Principles of Policy 

Part III – The Federation of Pakistan

Part IV – Provinces

ND26-2-2023

Explanation

• The correct sentence is: "There is no reason why anyone should behave cruelly."
• The word "why" is used to introduce a clause that explains the reason or purpose behind something.
• In this sentence, "why" indicates that there is no justification or explanation for someone to behave cruelly.

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The United States withdrew from the United Nations Human Rights Council in June 2018.

It citing allegations of anti-Israel bias, the membership of states that commit human rights abuses, and the Council's failure to reform itself.

The Trump administration claimed that the council was a "hypocritical and self-serving organization that makes a mockery of human rights."

Explanation

The Council is made up of 47 United Nations Member States which are elected by the UN General Assembly.

The Human Rights Council replaced the former United Nations Commission on Human Rights.

Explanation

The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2018 is law in Pakistan which was enacted by the parliament in May 2018 to legally provide equality to transgender people and to safeguard their rights.

Explanation

The Rohingya Muslims are an ethnic minority persecuted by the Government of Myanmar.

Pakistan has voiced support for their rights and condemned the violence against them on international platforms.