POL SCI 123S Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Eurocentrism, Religious Text, Eleanor Roosevelt
18 Apr 2018
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The rights paradigm include five elements: rights holder + high priority goal+ addressee + addressee"s duty + remedy. In this paradigm, rights holders are individuals and are all equal. Rights are limited to extremely important societal goals. The addressee for rights, or the actor responsible for providing the high priority goal is the international community in theory, but in practice the government is the primary addressee for the human citizens of its citizens. There are backup addressees, such as international bodies like the un and individual citizens. The addressee"s duty, which is to ensure that the rights holder gets the high priority goal, is mandatory, and the address must provide a remedy in the case of a rights violation. This paradigm is important because it specifies the actors in question and the obligations to ensure a right is guaranteed. The paradigm reflects the fact that human rights are universal, inalienable, and insulated from the democratic processes.
