Challenges to Human Rights Globaliztion

1. What forces are challenging human rights? 2. What are characteristics of genocides? 3. Describe worldwide efforts to guarantee basic human rights.

 Balkans  Ethnic cleansing in Bosnia  Rwanda  Hutu vs. Tutsi (imperialism)  Darfur  Sudan  Government sponsored Arab militias – Janjaweed  400,000 deaths, 2.8 million displaced  Cambodia  Communist group, Khmer Rouge – Pol Pot  – up to 4 million dead

 U.N. approved the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)  Guaranteed basic rights and freedom to all people  Helsinki Accords (1975)  Guaranteed basic rights – freedom of speech, religion and press, fair trial, earn a living, and live in safety  Civil Rights  1960’s movement in America  Constitutional guarantees enforced for all  Martin Luther King Jr. Use of non-violent protest methods adopted from Gandhi in India  Apartheid  Ended in South Africa  Encouraged by Civil Rights movement in America

 Integrated world economy where new ways of trade, transportation, and communication brought larger numbers of people into contact with one another  Technology continued to improve after WWII which created more global interaction  Economies of many nations are now linked  Collective security – UN, NATO  Cultures changing and mixing through influence of TV, radio, internet

 Economic  OPEC, WTO, global stock markets  Western industries (McDonalds, Nike, Microsoft, etc)  Outsourcing and trade expansion, NAFTA and EU  Social  Spread of culture and religion & the backlash  Telecommunication  Mass communication, satellites, internet, etc…  Computer  Shrinking due to space programs  Make transmitting information and business transactions quick and cheap  Transportation  Air travel, bullet trains, supertankers, interstate highways  Medical Advancements  Penicillin, laser treatments, ultrasound, CAT scans, MRI’s