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1 Human Rights Debates Human rights vs. sovereignty R2P
International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect Global Center for the Responsibility to Protect

2 IGO Action UN Human Rights Council International Courts/Tribunals
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Overview, documents, latest news, courtrooms, cases, reports. International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Overview, documents, latest news, cases, judicial database, events. Special Court for Sierra Leone Live coverage, cases, press room, documents, news. Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia Reports, Judicial Officers, organs, press statements, outreach. Special Tribunal for Lebanon About the Tribunal, documents, reports, contacts, defense

3 International Criminal Court
ICC Home page Rome Statute (1998/2002) Court Structure Situations and Cases

4 What are Human Rights? Universal Morality vs. Cultural Relativism

5 Universal Morality Universal Declaration on Human Rights
Human Rights Watch Amnesty International Freedom House Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers Human Rights Campaign (working to end discrimination against gays and lesbians) American Bar Association site on human rights

6 Cultural Relativism Iran Pakistan Saudi Arabia Uganda
Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance Human Rights Watch Report 2014 Pakistan Blasphemy Laws Saudi Arabia Women and Driving HRW Statement Uganda Anti-Gay Legislation

7 Where do we stand? Freedom House Human Rights Watch Growing Consensus
Economic freedoms Lack of Consensus Women’s rights Political freedoms Religious freedoms

8 Resources United Nations Human Rights site
United Nations Human Rights Law site (reference for all treaties and conventions concerning human rights) UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) US Department of Health and Human Services site on human trafficking and assistance for victims Human Trafficking (US State Dept. Annual Report) US Department of State Country Human Rights Reports Human Rights Watch Amnesty International Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers Human Rights Campaign (working to end discrimination against gays and lesbians) UN site on Trafficking in Human Beings (UN Office on Crime and Drugs) NGO Human Trafficking.Org (established to work toward the prevention of human trafficking in the Asia-Pacific region)


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