SOSC 2351 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: United Nations Convention Against Torture, United Nations General Assembly, Universal Declaration Of Human Rights

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 2351
• Professor: Tanja Juric

Document Summary

International bill of human rights: the udhr is not the laws but the principle of human rights. First session of the un general assembly (1946) Genocide happened in ww2 and the stripping citizen from the german citizen. Draft declaration on fundamental human rights and freedoms. The deceleration, setting out the principles of human rights. Convention(s), defining the specific rights and their limitations. Fro(cid:373) this (cid:272)a(cid:373)e the (cid:862)i(cid:374)ter(cid:374)atio(cid:374)al bill of hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) rights(cid:863) Universal declaration of human rights (dec. 10, 1948) International covenant of economic, social and cultural rights,(icescr, dec 16, International covenant on civil and political rights (iccpr, dec, 16, 1966) primary. The state/government must follow through to make these rights to food be available and that the citizen has access to the food. The right to food is not the same as the right to be fed. Individuals are expected to meet their own needs. State must provide an enabling environment (access to land, seeds, water and marketplace).