SOSC 2351 Lecture 1: Lectures 1 & 2

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

Document Summary

Human rights: rights held by all human beings by virtue of being human (they are inalienable {cannot be surrendered/erased} ) Gandhi insisted everyone have human rights not just europe. 90 million people died after ww1 and ww2. After the war in they created the un in 1945 to document human rights called universal declaration of human rights. Universal declaration of human rights is optional and not enforced by laws. Ellena roosevelt women who declared the universal declaration of human rights. French revolution: brought this idea of community and brotherhood which seeks that all humans be treated the same. Natural rights : is where human rights originated from. Theoretically no one should be able to violate and withdraw you of your human rights. At its first session in 1946 the general assembly considered a draft declaration on fundamental human rights as the first of these projected instruments. International covenant on economic social and cultural rights (dec. 16,1966)