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HUMAN RIGHTS

HUMAN RIGHTS. Objectives. Define human rights and identify the 2 basic categories. Examine Universal Declaration of Human Rights . Identify key international human rights documents. Warm Up. What are human rights? What are the 2 basic categories?.

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HUMAN RIGHTS

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  1. HUMAN RIGHTS

  2. Objectives • Define human rights and identify the 2 basic categories. • Examine Universal Declaration of Human Rights. • Identify key international human rights documents.

  3. Warm Up • What are human rights? • What are the 2 basic categories? • Basic freedoms & rights to which all individuals are entitled. • Political & Civil • Economic, Social, and Cultural

  4. Activity • Ranking Human Rights • Take 2 rights at a time and place them in order. • Pick up your next right, place it within existing order…repeat until all rights placed. • Class Top 3 and Bottom 3

  5. Reading– Dvpt of Human Rights • US & French Revolutions • Haitian Constitution • Geneva Conventions • League of Nations • WWII Justification • Nuremburg Trials • UN Charter

  6. Universal Declaration of Human Rights • Adopted Dec 10, 1948 • Formal, universal recognition of human rights • All human beings born free and entitled to: • Civil Rights • Legal Rights • Economic Rights • Social Rights • Standard not yet attained

  7. Universal Declaration of Human Rights • How does membership in UN promote human rights? • http://www.choices.edu/resources/scholarsonline/allee/sa9.php • Principles in Plain English • Translate articles into highlights.

  8. International Law of Human Rights • UDHR (1948) • ICCPR – International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966) • ICESCR - International CovenantonEconomic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966) • Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (1951) • International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (1965) • Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979) • Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1984) • Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989)

  9. Human Rights Council • Est. 1946 as Commission on Human Rights • Promote & encourage rights & freedoms for all • 1967 begins investigations & interventionism • Decolonization of Africa & Asia demands action • http://www.choices.edu/resources/scholarsonline/pinheiro/psp4.php • Criticisms: ineffective, blame oriented, protective political blocs, ignored gross violations, slow to react, anti-Israeli sentiment, membership • 2006 became HRC – same criticisms exist • Obama reverses Bush position & seeks US representation - 1st audit of US, Nov 2010. http://www.unwatch.org/site/c.bdKKISNqEmG/b.2626875/k.B0E6/Video_The_Daily_Invective_at_the_UN_Human_Rights_Council.htm

  10. Vienna Conference • What happened? • Reaffirmed commitment to UDHR

  11. Homework • Wiki Post • Are all rights universal? Are economic, social and cultural rights more or less important than political and civil rights?

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