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Unit 12 - Human Rights

Unit 12 - Human Rights. Types of Human Rights. Individual Rights Freedom From ____ Freedom To ______ Collective Rights Communal Indicators Quality of life. A Developing Norm. Bartolome de las Casas Westpahlian system precludes human rights law

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Unit 12 - Human Rights

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  1. Unit 12 - Human Rights

  2. Types of Human Rights • Individual Rights • Freedom From ____ • Freedom To ______ • Collective Rights • Communal Indicators • Quality of life

  3. A Developing Norm • Bartolome de las Casas • Westpahlian system precludes human rights law • International law focuses on state behavior • Primitive law – rules are decided and enforced by the participants • Human Rights law began as limitations on warfare • From slavery to Geneva

  4. A Developing Norm • Geneva Conventions • Nuremberg Trials • Genocide Convention • Universal Declaration of Human Rights • Helsinki Declaration • CEDAW convention • SC Resolution 688

  5. A Developing Norm • Rwanda • Kosovo War • War crimes tribunals • International Criminal Court • 2000 Plenary speech by Kofi Annon • Darfur • This norm is developing in our generation

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