ECH 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: William Safire, Peremptory Norm, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Conflict Studies and Human Rights
• Course: ECH 1100
• Professor: Jean- Francois Ratelle

Document Summary

Second part of the semester: human rights and international law. International human rights law: united nations & human rights. Conflicts and human rights: causes of conflict, denying basic liberal human rights. Torture, abductions: consequences of conflict, rapes, child soldiers , torture, genocide, extrajudicial killings, humanitarian intervention. Human rights and sovereignty: from natural law to natural rights. Liberal position on human rights: universal rights established by social contract (state prerogatives, 19th century liberalism. Supported international humanitarian reform but limited by the norms of sovereignty: anti-slavery, laws of wars, after wwii (universal human rights) Universal declaration contests the concept of sovereignty. Negative rights: protect the individual against the abuses of the state, civil and political rights. The right to life, liberty and security of person: 2nd generation. Positive rights (welfare: economic, social, and cultural rights. Housing, food, social security : 3rd generation. Group and community rights: right to self-determination, own cultures, languages, and religions, right to peace, right to a healthy environment.