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Understanding Human Rights: Historical Progression and Current Challenges

This comprehensive analysis examines the evolution of human rights from the first to the fourth generation. It explores key historical milestones, key themes such as peace, environmental issues, and humanitarian assistance. Post-1989 developments in political, civil, social, and economic rights are discussed, alongside the effects of globalization and technology on individual freedoms, including privacy and anonymity online. Relevant statistics highlight the alarming scope of current human rights abuses, particularly those affecting children and vulnerable populations worldwide, prompting urgent questions regarding actions against these injustices.

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Understanding Human Rights: Historical Progression and Current Challenges

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  1. How rights were built Historical analysis

  2. Timeline

  3. What after 1989? • 911

  4. What to think about now

  5. rightsfirst generation • Political and Civil

  6. RIGHTSSECOND GENERATION • SOCIAL AND ECONOMICS

  7. RIGHTS THIRD GENERATION THEIR TOPIC REVOLVES AROUND PEACE, ENVIRONMENT AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE • SELF DETERMINATION • PEACE • NATIONAL IDENTITY • PACIFIC COEXISTENCE • TECHNOLOGY • ENVIRONMENT THEY WERE BORN IN THE 80’S AS A NECESSITY OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

  8. RIGHTS FOURTH GENERATION NEW WAYS OF BEING AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF SOCIETY GLOBALIZATION

  9. CIBER RIGHTS • RIGHT TO PRIVACY ON LINE • RIGHT TO ANONIMITY • RIGHT TO BE PART OF AN ON LINE COMMUNITY • NO ONE CAN BE SUBJECT OF SURVEILLANCE ON LINE • RIGHT TO INFORMATION ON LINE

  10. HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES • “We are all born free and equal.” —Article 1, United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights • Youth for Human Rights International maintains that children who do not know their rights are vulnerable and easy prey for ill-intended individuals. Statistics of loss of dignity and life through child abuse, gang violence, child labor and child soldiers are staggeringly high.

  11. STATISTICS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE • Child abuse—40 million children below the age of 15 suffer from abuse and neglect. (United Nations Children’s Fund, 2008)

  12. HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE • Gang violence—100 percent of cities with populations greater than or equal to 250,000 reported gang activity. (US Department of Justice)

  13. HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE • Child labor—246 million children, one in every six children aged 5 to 17, are involved in child labor. (International Labour Organization, 2002)

  14. HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE • Child soldiers—UNICEF estimates that more than 300,000 children under 18 are currently being exploited in over thirty armed conflicts worldwide. • While the majority of child soldiers are between the ages of 15 and 18, some are as young as 7 or 8 years of age. (US Department of State, 2005)

  15. HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE • Human trafficking—It is estimated that there are 27 million people in the world today who are enslaved. • Every year 600,000 to 800,000 persons are trafficked across international borders. (US Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report, 2006)

  16. Questions to think about • Why? • Who? • Find examples of HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE IN ECUADOR

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