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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.
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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 CovenantonEconomic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966)
Vienna Conference • What happened? • Reaffirmed commitment to UDHR
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?