Chapter 1

Question 1

When did International Human Rights begin?

Answer 1

End of World War 1 with the creation of the United Nations

Question 2

What is the duty to soverignty?

Answer 2

Nonintervention: the obligation to not interfere with the rights in jurisdiction of other sovereign territories

Question 3

When was the Commission on Human Rights made?

Answer 3

1946

Question 4

When was the Universal Declaration of Human rights made

Answer 4

1948, written by John Humphrey

Question 5

What are the three things that are collectively referred to as the International Bill of Human Rights

Answer 5

the charter of human rights provisions

universal declaration

the covenants

Question 6

Is the universal declaration of human rights legally binding?

Answer 6

No

Question 7

What type of organization is the UN?

Answer 7

Intergovernmental organization (IGO)

it only has control over the sovereign states whom are its members

Question 8

Who is charged with monitoring implementation of the covenants?

Answer 8

The Human Rights Commitee

Question 9

What is a NGO?

Answer 9

private associations that engage in political activity

ex. Amnesty International

Question 10

What decade did the Humanitarian Convention against genocide begin?

Answer 10

1990s