Lab exercise 6/13/14

(0) Some might say that human rights have done little for these children. (1) Even though the human rights agreements may seem to have little immediate effect in the short term, they may still have value in the case of child labour. (2)+(3) As stated by Jack Donnelly the author of  International Human Rights, "Human rights initiatives that bring no direct change in a government’s practices may nonetheless have positive effects by supporting local human rights advocates or delegitimating repressive regimes." (143). (4) Here Donnelly is saying that although it may be too soon since the initial drafting of the initiatives to see any drastic changes in human rights, they are still beneficial because the initiatives support local human rights movements as well as suppressing negative governmental regimes. 5) Because of this the advocates in Calcutta benefit in a more subtle way.