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Part II of the core:
Human Rights
1. The nature and development of human rights
The definition of human rights:
- Basic freedoms that are protected by law and are universally accepted E.g. Freedom of speech. Human rights are:
1. Universal – To be enjoyed by everyone regardless of gender, nationality etc
2. Indivisible – All human rights are equally important
3. Inherent – They are the birth right of all humans, to be enjoyed by everyone
4. Inalienable – People cannot agree to give them up or have them taken away
Developing recognition of human rights:
The abolition of slavery:
Slavery is a type of forced labour where a person is considered to be the legal property of another
Types of slavery: debt slavery, punishment for a crime or slavery of prisoner of war
Some slaves were highly valued, where as others were brutalized with no legal rights
Slavery took place particularly in Europe and the Americas
Abolitionism began in the 18th century and is a worldwide political movement that sought to abolish slavery
Christians in England pressured the government to end slavery, which resulted in the Emancipation Act 1833, which was passed by the British Empire, which William Wilberforce was the leading campaigner of.
Following the 1776 U.S Declaration of Independence, North America abolished slavery, but continued in the South
The Abolitionist Movement was one of the main causes of the Civil War
Slavery was abolished at the end of the war in 1865 by the addition of the 13th amendment.
Abraham Lincoln worked to abolish slavery in the United States
In 1890, European countries met in Brussels, Belgium to sign the General Act of Brussels which abolished slavery in Europe
The League of Nations Slavery was passed in 1926, which abolished slavery worldwide.
This was followed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948
Slavery continues to exist in forms such as child labour, human trafficking, sexual slavery, forced labour and sweatshops
Human Rights
1. The nature and development of human rights
The definition of human rights:
- Basic freedoms that are protected by law and are universally accepted E.g. Freedom of speech. Human rights are:
1. Universal – To be enjoyed by everyone regardless of gender, nationality etc
2. Indivisible – All human rights are equally important
3. Inherent – They are the birth right of all humans, to be enjoyed by everyone
4. Inalienable – People cannot agree to give them up or have them taken away
Developing recognition of human rights:
The abolition of slavery:
Slavery is a type of forced labour where a person is considered to be the legal property of another
Types of slavery: debt slavery, punishment for a crime or slavery of prisoner of war
Some slaves were highly valued, where as others were brutalized with no legal rights
Slavery took place particularly in Europe and the Americas
Abolitionism began in the 18th century and is a worldwide political movement that sought to abolish slavery
Christians in England pressured the government to end slavery, which resulted in the Emancipation Act 1833, which was passed by the British Empire, which William Wilberforce was the leading campaigner of.
Following the 1776 U.S Declaration of Independence, North America abolished slavery, but continued in the South
The Abolitionist Movement was one of the main causes of the Civil War
Slavery was abolished at the end of the war in 1865 by the addition of the 13th amendment.
Abraham Lincoln worked to abolish slavery in the United States
In 1890, European countries met in Brussels, Belgium to sign the General Act of Brussels which abolished slavery in Europe
The League of Nations Slavery was passed in 1926, which abolished slavery worldwide.
This was followed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948
Slavery continues to exist in forms such as child labour, human trafficking, sexual slavery, forced labour and sweatshops