I thought there maybe, as everyone needs sleep to survive.
Are governments obliged to protect this right? How?
2006-09-27 07:01:26 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I will try and answer your question to the best of my ability. If you have more specifics please post them and I will revise.
There is no specific law that protects sleep, however there are several laws that touch on it. For example, it is considered physical abuse if you force your partner or a household member to stay awake excessively as a form of punishment. You can be charged with harassment second, a violation (but this is not strictly enforced). Doing the same to a child is endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor (this is more enforced, but mostly by CPS).
There are several laws for occupations, including truck drivers and medical resident/interns restricting hours and requiring periods of rest before further job duties can be continued.
Lastly, most cities and village have noise ordinances in effect for residential areas specifically to protect sleep.
The Geneva Convention does not specifically address sleep deprivation of POWs, but does outlaw cruel and inhumane treatment. Unfortunately this is up to interpretation...and is considered vague by at least one politician who will remain nameless.
2006-09-27 07:13:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Legally, there are no such thing as "basic human rights".
There are fundamental rights implied or stated in the Constitution, or other equivalent documents and tradtions for other countries.
Government intereference with private action, including sleep, would fall generally under substantive due process. In other words, the government can't just annoy people at will, without specific procedural safeguards and protection of liberty interests.
2006-09-27 16:13:19 · answer #2 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have no right to sleep. Just ask my boss.
More seriously, it is shocking that people are suddenly confused about what constitutes cruel and inhuman treatment, that they find such statements as "demeaning and degrading to human dignity" vague and ambiguous.
Depriving a person of sleep - we're not talking a few hours here, a night there - but systematic continuous sleep deprivation is tortuous and degrading and demeaning to human dignity.
2006-09-27 14:15:10 · answer #3 · answered by sonyack 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If a person doesn't sleep for an extended period of time it can cause permanent damage to the persons brain. That's been well documented. Sleep is as much of a necessity as breathing or eating.
2006-09-27 14:07:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes! When I was in the military I was only guaranteed 1hr sleep a day! sometimes thats all I got!
2006-09-27 14:06:17 · answer #5 · answered by battle-ax 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not exactly Right to live is under the right to live and let live because we can't live without sleeping (and sleeping with) lol
2006-09-27 14:03:18 · answer #6 · answered by osi.psychologist 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I was in the service, my contract promised me one hour of sleep at night with the exception being during times of war. Then we weren't promised squat.
2006-09-27 14:03:33 · answer #7 · answered by Shadow 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i know trucking companies can only let there driver work so many hours in a week,by federal law, to keep them from falling asleep at the wheel.
2006-09-27 14:03:40 · answer #8 · answered by shiggaty poo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Night quill.
2006-09-27 14:03:06 · answer #9 · answered by Tneciter 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no.
because my dorm mate doesn't believe in this, neither does any college.
2006-09-27 14:03:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋