1. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS: How can human rights be protected
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS: How can human rights be protected? How is globalization changing our world today?

2. TEKS and Objectives We will… I will…
(17C) summarize the economic/social impact of 20th century globalization (22C) identify examples of politically motivated mass murders in Latin America (22D) identify examples of genocide (22E) identify examples that led to resistance to political oppression (22F) assess the degree to which American ideals have advanced human rights/democratic ideas (24B) describe major influences of women such as Mother Teresa, Margaret Thatcher, and Golda Meir (28D) explain the role of technology/medical advancements in developing the modern global economy and society
Describe human rights and contemplate our social responsibility to protect them

3. What Are Human Rights?

4. Genocide in the Balkans
Yugoslavia
Created in 1918
Fell apart after collapse of Soviet Union
Bitter fighting between Orthodox Christian Serbs, Catholic Croats, and Bosnian Muslims

5. Genocide in the Balkans
Croatian and Slovenia
Declared independence
Yugoslavian Serbs attacked Croatia
“Ethnic Cleansing”
Attempt to exterminate a people
Serbs murdered Muslims in Bosnia and Kosovo
NATO sent military forces
Bosnia divided into two countries (one Muslim, one Serb)

6. Genocide in Africa Rwanda and Burundi
Populated by Hutu majority and Tutsi minority
Rwanda’s Hutu president killed in mysterious explosion
Government sponsored genocide against Tutsi
850,000 Tutsi (1/2 population) slain

7. Genocide in Africa Darfur Janjaweed Region in western Sudan
Conflict over grazing ground and farmland
Janjaweed
Government-backed Arab militia group
Carried out genocide against black Africans (massacres, rape)

8. Human Rights Violations
Cuba
Castrol imprisoned/killed opponents
Chile
Military government tortured/killed opponents

9. Human Rights Violations
El Salvador
“death squads” gunned down protestors
Archbishop Oscar Romero assassinated
Argentina
“desaparecidos” (the disappeared) kidnapped and never seen again
Las Madres de la Plaza de Mayo demand information about loved ones

10. Women’s Rights Patriarchal Societies Africa and Asia Islamic Countries
Dominated by men
Women treated as inferior
Africa and Asia
Many suffer from forced mutilation of their bodies
Islamic Countries
Some must wear veils, refrained from going out, not allowed to drive

11. Women’s Rights Western Countries
Women under-represented in politics/corporate jobs
Earn less than men

12. Notable Women Mother Teresa Catholic nun from Macedonia
Devoted life to helping poor/homeless in India
Started Missionaries of Charity
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979

13. Notable Women Golda Meir Russian immigrant
First female Prime Minister of Israel
Led the country during the War of 1948 and the Yom Kippur Attack

14. Notable Women Margaret Thatcher First female Prime Minister of Britain
Nicknamed the “Iron Lady”
Strongly opposed communism/promoted free enterprise

15. Challenges of Globalization
interaction between people, companies, and governments of different nations
People influenced by same technology and ideas
Mobile phones, internet, American pop music, fast foods, etc.

16. Challenges of Globalization
Outsourcing
Companies move to countries with cheap labor/resources
Hiring foreign companies to produce parts or provide services

17. Challenges to Globalization
Advantages
Disadvantages
Improved living conditions
Increased understanding of different cultures
More jobs
Reduced cost of goods
Focus is often short-term gains
Rich are richer; poor are poorer
Destruction of the environment
Neglect of human rights

18. How Effective is the United Nations?

19. Journal Entry #40
What values does the United Nations stand for and what do you think they should be working towards today? Support your answers with specific examples.