WOMS202 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Eleanor Roosevelt, Negative And Positive Rights, Charlotte Bunch
6 May 2018
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Human rights- “The concept of human rights is one of the few moral visions ascribed to
internationally” (Brunch)
➔ Basic human rights
◆ Rightfulness, justice, rights
◆ All human beings are born free and equal
◆ Refers to negative and positive freedoms
➔ 1948 Un Declaration of Human Rights
◆ Men and women equally entitled to all human rights
◆ “All men” or “all human beings”- extended discussion and decided
to pick a gender neutral term
● Started because of 2 female commission members
● Can’t treat men as the norm or universal term
◆ Eleanor Roosevelt made sure declaration covered equality didn’t
find ‘all men’ or ‘brothers’ concerning
➔ International covenant on civil and political rights
◆ ‘First generation’ rights- negative rights
● Right to life, freedom from torture, freedom from slavery, the
right to liberty and security of the person, rights relating to
due process in criminal and legal proceedings, equality
before the law, freedom of the movement, freedom of
thought and conscience and religion, freedom of association
and rights relating to family life and children, rights relating to
citizenship and political participation, and minority groups’
rights to their culture, religion, and language
◆ ‘Second generation’ rights- positive rights
● The right to work, the right to form trade unions, rights
relating to marriage, maternity and child protection, the right
to an adequate standard of living, the right to health, the right
to education, rights relating to culture and science
➔ What do human rights frameworks typically leave out?
◆ Just stating the rights that men and women both have them but
that's not the same as practicing them both having equal rights
◆ Many violations of women's human rights are distinctly connected
to being people, discriminated and abused on the basis of gender
◆ Need to pay attention to gender, hold gender lens in order to make
abuses go away
◆ Despite limitation, putting women's rights in general, under humans
rights framework, gives it more legitimacy
◆ Meaning of human rights is constantly evolving and expanding
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Document Summary
Human rights- the concept of human rights is one of the few moral visions ascribed to internationally (brunch) All human beings are born free and equal. Men and women equally entitled to all human rights. All men or all human beings - extended discussion and decided to pick a gender neutral term. Started because of 2 female commission members. Can"t treat men as the norm or universal term. Eleanor roosevelt made sure declaration covered equality didn"t find all men" or brothers" concerning. International covenant on civil and political rights. Just stating the rights that men and women both have them but that"s not the same as practicing them both having equal rights. Many violations of women"s human rights are distinctly connected to being people, discriminated and abused on the basis of gender. Need to pay attention to gender, hold gender lens in order to make abuses go away.
