Human Rights of the Youth Research Proposal

Human Rights of the Youth: Impact of Global Trends and Legal and Economic Changes in Vietnam

 

1.0  Title

As initially drafted, the working title of this research will be – Human Rights of the Youth: Impact of Global Trends and Legal and Economic Changes in Vietnam.  

2.0  Background of the Topic

Embedded on a wide spectrum of civil, cultural, economic, social and political rights, youth’s rights are defined in copious ways, and the treatment varies from nation to nation. Youth rights refer to a set of philosophies that are intended to enhance the civil rights of the young people. Some of the key issues concerning youth rights are age of consent, child labor laws and right-to-work laws as well as curfews, drinking age and driving age. Emancipation of minors, minors and abortion, closed adoption, corporal management, age of majority and military conscription are other factors.  

Further, there are at least ten recent global trend systems affecting every nation including Vietnam. These are political (human rights, democracy, journalism and corruption), educational (access, basic education and higher education), environmental (climate, desertification, biodiversity, acid rain, coral reef, forest and locust), economic (employment, poverty and nutrition), human (population, urbanization, refugees, migration, women and children), health (HIV/AIDS and malaria), cultural (culture, science, religion and drugs), communication (telecommunication and internet and transportation), resources (food, water and energy) and chaotic (disasters).

In Vietnam, legal and economic changes purports building a state based on the Rule of Law and the requirement for a more sophisticated criminal justice system. These are carried out for the protection of human rights and respect for the integrity of the person which includes freedom from arbitrary and unlawful deprivation of life disappearance; torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; arbitrary arrest, detention, or exile; denial of fair public trial; and arbitrary interference with privacy, family, home, or correspondence. Others include the freedom of speech and press, of peaceful assembly and association, of religion, of movement within the country, foreign, travel, immigration and repatriation.  

3.0  Statement of the Problem

Children and youth have inherent human rights, and these rights transcend beyond ageism. In Vietnam, however, violations of the rights of the people especially the youth is rampant. How the recent changes in legal and economic systems and the interplay with global trends will impact the rights of the youth is not known. The problem that will be addressed in this research is the impact of these elements on the awareness and knowledge of human rights of youth, especially in an environment where the basic rights of the people is not a priority. In particular, the study will seek to answer the following research questions.

1)     If there are any, what are the specific rights of the youth which could be jeopardised with respect to the changes in legal and economic systems?

2)     Based on the global trends systems, what specific rights of the youth must be prioritised?

3)     Under what circumstances do the rights of the youth could be protected in face of the global trend systems? of legal and economic changes?      

4.0  Objectives of the Study

The main purpose of this research is to analyse how the rights of the Vietnamese youth could be protected and advocated even in light of global trends affecting the conduct of Vietnam and internal changes of the legal and economic systems. In lieu with this, the research will accomplish the following specific objectives.

• To determine what are the rights of the youths in Vietnam and how the Vietnamese government protect, sustain and advocate these youth rights


• To analyse how the recent changes on legal systems could possibly put at risk the rights of the youth


• To evaluate what particular rights of the youth should be prioritize for the purpose of youth empowerment

5.0  Research Methodology  

The research strategy that the study will utilize is the descriptive method as it intends to present facts concerning the nature and status of a situation, as it exists at the time of the study and to describe present conditions, events or systems based on the impressions or reactions of the respondents of the research (Creswell, 1994). Descriptive research is also concern with relationships and practices that exist, beliefs and processes that are ongoing, effects that are being felt, or trends that are developing (Best, 1970).

This research is also cross-sectional because of limited time. This research is a study of a particular phenomenon (or phenomena) at a particular time. (Saunders et al, 2003) Accordingly, cross-sectional studies often employ the survey strategy, and they may be seeking to describe the incidence of a phenomenon or to compare factors in different organizations.

Case study method will be also employed since it focuses on Vietnam alone. According to Robson (2002), a case study is a “strategy for doing research which involves an empirical investigation of a particular contemporary phenomenon within its real life context using multiple sources of evidence.” The data collection methods employed may be various such as questionnaires, interviews, observation and documentary analysis.

In this study, primary and secondary research will be both incorporated. The reason for this is to be able to provide adequate discussion for the readers that will help them understand more about the issue and the different variables that involve with it. The primary data for the study will be represented by the survey results that will be acquired from the respondents. On the other hand, the literature reviews to be presented in the second chapter of the study will represent the secondary data of the study.

The dissertation will be presented in written form with the addition of data charts which will present the project’s results. Pie charts and network charts will be needed to illustrate some of the analyzed data. This cannot be confirmed, however, until the research data have been analyzed.

 

 

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