Human Rights Notes
Human Rights:
HR’s refer to the basic rights and freedom that are believed to belong to all human beings.
WHAT SETS OUT THE FUNDEMENTAL PURPOSE FOR RECOGNISING HR’S?
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted be the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1948. It states that recognitions of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all freedom, justice and peace in the world.
TYPES OF HR
There are three types: o Civil and political rights – to vote o Economic social and cultural rights- safe workplace, sexuality, religion o Collective rights, such as environmental and peace rights and the right to self determination
HISTORICAL SOURSES – Theories of law itself o Laws of ancient civilisation in Mesopotamia, Ancient Rome, Greece or India o Historical events such as the US Declaration of Independence o Major conflicts particularly the first and second world war
HISTORICAL MOVEMENTS THAT LED TO HR’S EVENTUAL RECOGNITION o The abolition of slavery o The campaign for universal Suffrage o The trade Union movement and labour rights o The campaign for universal education o The right of a group to self determination o Emergency environmental rights o The attempt to establish a right to peace
RIGHTS CONSIDERED TO BE APART OF HR’S o Inalienable rights – a right that cannot be taken away o Natural law – the theory that certain laws come from an unchanging body of moral principles o Positivism – the theory that laws are valid simply because they are enacted by authority or from existing decisions o Labour rights o Self determination o Right to peace o Universal declaration of Human Rights
ABOLITION OF SLAVERY
- System which individuals had no personal rights. Would be physically, emotionally and sexually abused.
- The 13th amendment of the US Constitution formally outlawed slavery in 1865 after the Civil War.
- After WW1 existence of slavery was found in Ethiopia and parts of Arabia
- The convention
HR’s refer to the basic rights and freedom that are believed to belong to all human beings.
WHAT SETS OUT THE FUNDEMENTAL PURPOSE FOR RECOGNISING HR’S?
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted be the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1948. It states that recognitions of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all freedom, justice and peace in the world.
TYPES OF HR
There are three types: o Civil and political rights – to vote o Economic social and cultural rights- safe workplace, sexuality, religion o Collective rights, such as environmental and peace rights and the right to self determination
HISTORICAL SOURSES – Theories of law itself o Laws of ancient civilisation in Mesopotamia, Ancient Rome, Greece or India o Historical events such as the US Declaration of Independence o Major conflicts particularly the first and second world war
HISTORICAL MOVEMENTS THAT LED TO HR’S EVENTUAL RECOGNITION o The abolition of slavery o The campaign for universal Suffrage o The trade Union movement and labour rights o The campaign for universal education o The right of a group to self determination o Emergency environmental rights o The attempt to establish a right to peace
RIGHTS CONSIDERED TO BE APART OF HR’S o Inalienable rights – a right that cannot be taken away o Natural law – the theory that certain laws come from an unchanging body of moral principles o Positivism – the theory that laws are valid simply because they are enacted by authority or from existing decisions o Labour rights o Self determination o Right to peace o Universal declaration of Human Rights
ABOLITION OF SLAVERY
- System which individuals had no personal rights. Would be physically, emotionally and sexually abused.
- The 13th amendment of the US Constitution formally outlawed slavery in 1865 after the Civil War.
- After WW1 existence of slavery was found in Ethiopia and parts of Arabia
- The convention