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HUMAN RIGHTS
Objectives
Define human rights and identify the 2 basic categories.
Identify key international human rights documents.
Warm Up
What are human rights?
What are the 2 basic categories?
http://www.choices.edu/resources/detail.php?id=198
Basic freedoms & rights to which all individuals are entitled.
Political & Civil Economic, Social,
and Cultural
Activity: Video
Story of Human Rights video
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
Dvpt of Human Rights
US & French Revolutions
Haitian Constitution http://
www.choices.edu/resources/scholarsonline/bogues/tb5.php
http://www.choices.edu/resources/scholarsonline/vorenberg/mv4.php
Geneva Conventions
League of Nations WWII Justification http://
www.choices.edu/resources/scholarsonline/kennedy/dk7.php
Nuremburg Trials
UN Charter http://
www.choices.edu/resources/scholarsonline/allee/sa9.php
http://www.choices.edu/resources/scholarsonline/pinheiro/psp5.php
http://www.choices.edu/resources/scholarsonline/pinheiro/psp4.php
http://www.choices.edu/resources/scholarsonline/pinheiro/psp9.php
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
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
How does membership in UN promote human rights?
http://www.choices.edu/resources/scholarsonline/allee/sa9.php
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)
Vienna Conference
What happened?
Reaffirmed commitment to UDHR
Human Rights Video
Activity: Scholars Videos
Students will watch a series of videos and complete the activity that accompanies
http://www.choices.edu/resources/scholars_humanrights.php
Homework
Wiki Post
Are all rights universal? Are economic, social and cultural rights more or less important than political and civil rights?