1. HUMAN RIGHTS

2. Objectives  Define human rights and identify the 2 basic categories.  Examine Universal Declaration of Human Rights.  Identify key international human rights documents.

3. Warm Up  What are human rights?  What are the 2 basic categories?  Basic freedoms & rights to which all individuals are entitled.  Political & Civil  Economic, Social, and Cultural

4. Activity  Ranking Human Rights  Take 2 rights at a time and place them in order.  Pick up your next right, place it within existing order…repeat until all rights placed.  Class Top 3 and Bottom 3

5. Reading– Dvpt of Human Rights  US & French Revolutions  Haitian Constitution  Geneva Conventions  League of Nations  WWII Justification  Nuremburg Trials  UN Charter

6. Universal Declaration of Human Rights  Adopted Dec 10, 1948  Formal, universal recognition of human rights  All human beings born free and entitled to:  Civil Rights  Legal Rights  Economic Rights  Social Rights  Standard not yet attained

7. Universal Declaration of Human Rights  How does membership in UN promote human rights?  http://www.choices.edu/resources/scholarsonline/allee/sa9.php http://www.choices.edu/resources/scholarsonline/allee/sa9.php  Principles in Plain English  Translate articles into highlights.

8. International Law of Human Rights  UDHR (1948)  ICCPR – International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966)  ICESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966)  Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (1951)  International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (1965)  Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979)  Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1984)  Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989)

9. Human Rights Council  Est. 1946 as Commission on Human Rights  Promote & encourage rights & freedoms for all  1967 begins investigations & interventionism  Decolonization of Africa & Asia demands action  http://www.choices.edu/resources/scholarsonline/pinheiro/ps p4.php http://www.choices.edu/resources/scholarsonline/pinheiro/ps p4.php  Criticisms: ineffective, blame oriented, protective political blocs, ignored gross violations, slow to react, anti-Israeli sentiment, membership  2006 became HRC – same criticisms exist  Obama reverses Bush position & seeks US representation - 1 st audit of US, Nov 2010. http://www.unwatch.org/site/c.bdKKISNqEmG/b.2626875/k.B0E6/Video_The_Daily_Invective_at_the_UN_Human_Rights_Council.htm

10. Vienna Conference  What happened?  Reaffirmed commitment to UDHR

11. Homework  Wiki Post  Are all rights universal? Are economic, social and cultural rights more or less important than political and civil rights?