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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
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Unit 1: Introduction to World History
Today’s Topic: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
In your notes . . .
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A Struggle for Human Rights
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A Struggle for Human Rights
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A Struggle for Human Rights
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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
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• “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
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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
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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.
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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)
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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)
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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