PEACEST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Natural And Legal Rights, List Of Civilisations In The Culture Series
7 Nov 2016
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Conditions where human flourishing is possible, (human rights, international law) One warning: the philosophical interpretations of peace scholars with a grain of salt. Human rights is not a 20th century construct, the language of human rights is. Magna carta (1215): no freeman shall be taken or imprisoned, or be disseised of his. We will sell to no man, we will not deny or defer to any man either justice or right. John locke natural rights"- 3 basic rights. French declaration on the rights of man and citizen (1789) Us constitution and bill of rights (1791) Rights inherited to all human beings, whatever our nationally, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, language or any other status. Some human rights are negative and some ate positive. Universal human rights are often expressed and guaranteed by law, in the forms of treaties, customary international law. General principles and other sources of international law.
