PART 1 : NATURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS

Cards (17)

  • what is universe education ?
    the right to free and compulsory education for all children outline din article 26 of the UDHR
  • What are the categories of human rights ?
    FIRST GEN - civil and political found in article 1 - 21 of UDHR and the ICCPR
    SEC GEN - eco, social, cultural found in article 21 -30 of UDHR and the ICESCR
    THIRD GEN - environmental and peace rights
  • what are peace rights ?

    The right of all citizens to expect their government to do all in its power to maintain peace and wok towards the elimination of war
  • What is the abolition of slavery ?
    the act of ending the practice of owning and exploiting people as property outlined in article 4 of the UDHR
  • what is the right to self determination ?

    the right of people to determine how they will be governed and there political status based on territory or national grouping
  • what is trade unionism ?
    organisation of workers created to preserve and further their rights & interests, specifically labour workers and their rights outlined in article 24 of the UDHR
  • What is the ICESCR ?
    International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1976 which aims to ensure the protection of the rights such as freedom from discrimination, right to equality and right to work
  • what is the UDHR ?
    Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948 which outlines the rights and freedoms of all human beings. it was developed as a response to the acts of the Cold War to ensure peace, and contains 30 articles.
  • What is the ICCPR ?
    International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1996 is a multilateral treaty that commits nations to the respect of civil and political rights such as freedom of speech, freedom of religion and freedom of assembly
  • what does inalienable mean ?

    human rights cannot be taken away or sold by the possessor
  • what is the UN?
    United Nations is a intergovernmental organisation that's eels ti promote human rights with 193 member states
  • what does inherent mean ?

    human rights do not have to be earned, there inherited to being a human
  • What is universal suffrage ?
    the right of all citizens ti vote in political elections regardless of status, gender or race outlined in article 14 of the UDHR
  • what does universal mean ?
    human rights apply to every human across the globe
  • what are human rights ?
    basic right and freedoms believed to belong justifiably to all humans
  • what are environmental rights ?
    he right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment e.g. clean air, access to water, sustainably produced food. [
  • what is the international bill of rights ?

    A set of international human rights treaties. this consists f the UDHR, ICCPR & ICESCR