Questão 519731

Nos itens de 126 a 150, a seguir, são avaliados conhecimentos em língua inglesa.

1 The human cost of terrorism has been felt in

virtually every corner of the globe. The United Nations

family has itself suffered tragic human loss as a result of

4 violent terrorist acts. The attack on its offices in Baghdad on

19 August 2003 claimed the lives of the Special

Representative of the Secretary-General, Sergio Vieira de

7 Mello, and 21 other men and women, and injured over 150

others, some very seriously. Terrorism clearly has a very real

and direct impact on human rights, with devastating

10 consequences for the enjoyment of the right to life, liberty

and physical integrity of victims. In addition to these

individual costs, terrorism can destabilize governments,

13 undermine civil society, jeopardize peace and security, and

threaten social and economic development. All of these also

have a real impact on the enjoyment of human rights.

16 Security of the individual is a basic human right and

the protection of individuals is, accordingly, a fundamental

obligation of government. States therefore have an obligation

19 to ensure the human rights of their nationals and others by

taking positive measures to protect them against the threat of

terrorist acts and bringing the perpetrators of such acts to

22 justice.

In recent years, however, the measures adopted by

States to counter terrorism have themselves often posed

25 serious challenges to human rights and the rule of law. Some

States have engaged in torture and other ill-treatment to

counter terrorism, while the legal and practical safeguards

28 available to prevent torture, such as regular and independent

monitoring of detention centres have often been disregarded.

Internet: <www.ohchr.org> (adapted).

According to the text above, judge the following items.

Security and protection of individuals can be considered basic human rights and essential duty of governments.