HREQ 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Universal Declaration Of Human Rights, World Food Programme, League Of Nations Mandate

• School: York University
• Department: Human Rights and Equity Studies
• Course: HREQ 2010
• Professor: Paul Brienza

Document Summary

Human rights are a concern of legal scholars. By creating a kind of an impetus for the recognition of human rights. The un is a forum for international debate. The un is not an international government and in no way purports to be such or has such powers. The key factor to determining whether states can be effective in following the rules of the state is through enforcement. The un is not that type of organization. 14 points for a creation of a stable world order: collective body of nations. ^-goals and approach were somewhat similar, but lacked support. The creation of the idea of immanuel kant. The need for nations, lawyers, and philosophers to move towards a common notion of international peace. 18th century-beginning of the 19th century: he looked at europe at this time, which was characterized by war, all sorts of human rights abuses (religious wars, thirty years war, etc.