Chapter 1 - rights and responsibilities

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Louise Andrews

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  • Moral rights are what we expect from others in particular situations
  • Legal rights are expectations supported by the law
  • reciprocity is giving something in return
  • Human Rights are the fundamental rights that apply to all humans simply because they are human; regardlss of their circumstances
  • one of the first recorded declarations of human rights was made by the islamic prophet muhammed called the constitution of Medina 622 CE
  • The United Nation (UN) is an international organisation founded in 1945 and is currently made of 193 member states
  • the most widely used human rights declaration is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights agreed by the United Nations
  • Protected characteristics are characteristics that are protected by law and cannot be used to discriminate against someone
  • More Economically developed countries have a higher standard of living and a higher GDP per capita
  • The age of criminal responsibility in the uk is 10 years old
  • you have to be 21 to adopt a child
  • The magna carta has 63 clauses
  • Rule of Law: The idea that the law should be applied equally to all people and that the law should be seen as a set of rules that everyone should follow.
  • every child has the right to life
  • Everyone has the right to an education
  • Everyone has the right to freedom from slavery or forced labour
  • a refugee is a person who seeks protection in another country due to danger or discrimination at home
  • asylum is protection provided by a state for someone who has had to flee their home
  • the council of europe is an organisation made up of 47 member states founded in 1949 which protects human rights through international agreement
  • a pressure group is a group of people who have a common interest and who work together to try to influence government policy
  • trade unions - a group of workers who work together to improve their working conditions and wages
  • the NSPCC protects childrens rights
  • humanitarian aid is emergency help given directly to people in urgent needs as a result of war, national disaster or famine