HUMAN RIGHTS Final Unit Lesson 1

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?human rights  What are the 2 basic categories?  What does indivisibility mean?indivisibility  Basic freedoms & rights to which all individuals are entitled.  Political & Civil  Economic, Social, and Cultural  Can’t separate categories – can’t have one without other

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

The Story of Human Rights  US & French Revolutions – Rights of people  Geneva Conventions – Victims armed conflict  League of Nations – 1 st international forum  WWII Justification – Turning point, FDR’s 4 Freedoms  Nuremburg Trials – Transcend state sovereignty & individual immunity  UN Charter – International standards

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

Universal Declaration of Human Rights  How does membership in UN promote human rights?   Principles PSA Principles  Video translates articles into highlights.

International Law of Human Rights  UDHR (1948)  ICCPR – International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966)  ICESCR - International Covenant on Economic, 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)

Human Rights Council  Est as Commission on Human Rights  Promote & encourage rights & freedoms for all  1967 begins investigations & interventionisminterventionism  Decolonization of Africa & Asia  Criticisms: ineffective, blame oriented, protective political blocs, ignored gross violations, slow to react, anti-Israeli sentiment, membership Criticisms  2006 became HRC – same criticisms exist  Obama reverses Bush position & seeks US representation - 1 st audit of US, Nov  Latest report HERE!HERE

HR Video

Homework  Reading & Guided Reading Questions “Human Rights in Practice”