POLS 3320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Alan Dershowitz, International Labour Organization, Michael Ignatieff
12 Mar 2017
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Fundamental human rights: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, freedom from torture, persecution, genocide, from discrimination based on race, religion, gender, sexual orientation. Other legal rights: property rights, land rights, the right to food, rights of nature. The international red cross and red crescent (1863) Us civil rights legislation (1957, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1968) The universal declaration on human rights (1948) The covenant on civil and political rights (1976) The covenant on social, economic and cultural rights (1976) Human rights are fundamental entitlements of persons, constituting means to the end of minimal human dignity or social justice. Enforcement: national sovereignty and international law. Individuals vs. groups, a 3rd freedom : what happens when the rights of the group undermine the rights of the individual, and vice versa freedom of speech vs. freedom from hate and discrimination. Cultural relativism: rights are rooted in a western liberal tradition.
