Prompt

• The United Nation is very involved in attempting to protect the human rights of every person on the planet.

• Complete the provided prompt on Kofi Anan and Ban Ki-moon to take a look at this idea.

BLOCK DAYSWednesday & ThursdaySeptember 16, 2015 September 17, 2015

Unit 1: Introduction to World History

Today’s Topic: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

In your notes . . .

A Struggle for Human Rights

A Struggle for Human Rights

A Struggle for Human Rights

Human Rights

• Human rights belong to all people.• Cannot take rights away based on

• Gender• Race• Color• Language• National Origin• Age• Class• Religion• Political Beliefs.

• People have the right to receive equal treatment, to be free from discrimination and harassment, and to have equal access to places, services, opportunities

• “Human rights are more than legal concepts: they are the essence of man. They are what make man human. That is why they are called human rights; deny them and you deny man’s humanity.”

• Jose Diokno

• So, how did we get to this point?• http://www.humanrights.com/#/what-are-human-rights

Natural Law

• An ancient idea.• Definition: higher, unchanging set

of rules that govern human relations

• Humans have been trying to live according to Natural Law for thousands of years.

NATURAL LAW

Natural Rights

• As time moved on, Natural Laws became known as Natural Rights.

• Prior to the American Revolution, many philosophers came to believe that all humans have Natural Rights:• Life• Liberty• Property

• They believed all people have these rights just because they are human beings.

Social Contract

• Philosophers proposed that in order to keep our natural rights, the people must engage in a social contract.

• The people agree to create and live under a government and obey its laws.

• The government’s purpose is to protect the natural rights of individuals.

• These ideas directly influenced the Founding Fathers (Declaration of Independence & the Constitution)

Creation of the UDHR

• By the end of World War II, Natural Rights became known as Human Rights.

• 1946: Commission of Human Rights formed• 1947: Drafting of declaration begins• 1948: Lengthy and often divisive

deliberations• December 10, 1948: UN General Assembly

adopted UDHR• The Vote:

• 48 in favor • 8 abstained (Belarus, Czechoslovakia, Poland,

Ukraine, USSR, Yugoslavia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa)

• 2 absent (Honduras, Yemen)

Five Categories of Human Rights

• Civil: the right to be treated as an equal to anyone else in society

• Political: the right to vote, to freedom of speech and to obtain information

• Economic: the right to participate in an economy that benefits all; and to desirable work

• Social: the right to education, health care, food, clothing, and shelter

• Cultural: the right to freedom of religion, to speak any language, and to practice the culture of one’s choice