PSCI 2601 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Communitarianism, International Criminal Court, Multilateral Treaty
16 Dec 2017
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Class 9 human rights and humanitarian intervention. The rights that one has simply because one is a human being. A movement from the domestic realm to the global. A global human rights regime standard setting, monitoring, compliance, and enforcement. Natural law universal moral principles exist which are discoverable through the use of reason and which there is a duty to adhere to these principles. Liberal position on rights: human beings possess rights to life, liberty, property that are inalienable (also economic and social rigths) Today, saudi arabia is the only abstention. Un covenant on civil and political rights (1966) Un covenant on economic, social, and cultural rights (1966) Convention on the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide (1948) Convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women (1979) Convention on the rights of the child (1989) Global hr regime based on national implementation of hr norms, with modest international oversight.
