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?