HHRI Flashcards

1
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2015 amount of countries with equal sex access to primary education %?

A

70% of countries

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2
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Poverty reduction during Evo Morales presidency?

A

25%

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3
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Extreme Poverty reduction during Evo Morales presidency?

A

40%

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4
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Afghanistan GDP per capita?

A

500 USD

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5
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Saudi Arabia oil exports as % of total exports?

A

97% of export earnings are from oil production-

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6
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Geneva convention formed?

A

1949

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7
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What does Article 3 of the Geneva convention state?

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prohibits:

  1. torture
  2. hostage taking
  3. degrading treatment
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8
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Rwandan genocide victims in 1994?

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+500,000 in only 100 days

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9
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Why do war crimes occur?

A

Create sense of fear

Division between groups

Hatred between groups

Extract information/intelligence

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10
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Example of war criminal 1?

A

Ratko Mladić

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11
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who was Ratko Mladić?

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11 counts of crimes committed as the Main Staff of the Army of Bosnia-Serb Republic

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12
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Ratko Mladić sentence?

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life imprisonment for 2 counts of genocide, 5 crimes against humanity

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13
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Who prosecuted Ratko Mladić?

A

UN body in the Hague lasting 24 years

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14
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What is the ECHR?

A

European Convention of Human Rights

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15
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ECHR formation?

A

1950

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16
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The ECHR protects:

A
  • Right to life
  • Freedom from torture
  • Freedom from slavery
  • The right to liberty
  • Freedom of expression
  • The right to education
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17
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What is the UDHR?

A

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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18
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When was the UDHR founded?

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1948

19
Q

UDHR facts?

A
  • totals 30 articles

- translated to 500 languages

20
Q

In 2020 only … of full time workers were women in Afghanistan.

A

2.4%

21
Q

Women rights after Taliban takeover August 2021?

A
  • Rape still counted as adultery
  • Girls years 7-12 not to come to school
  • Ministry on women’s affairs closed
22
Q

Types of geopolitical intervention (4)

A
  • Development aid
  • trade embargoes
  • military aid
  • direct/ indirect military action
23
Q

Trade embargo example?

A
  • South Africa 1980s

- North Korea (present)

24
Q

Saudi Arabia intervening in Yemen statistic?

A

Saudi led airstrikes caused 60% of deaths in ´thousand day war´ (ongoing)

25
Q

UK companies have made how much in profit to Saudis weapons sale?

A

£600M profit

26
Q

NATO intervention in Lybia?

A
  • 2011
  • British & French airstrikes
  • turmoil in country = unsuccessful intervention
27
Q

Why did NATO intervene in Lybia?

A

support civilian pop

28
Q

Plan # Assess the extent to which different levels of social development can be explained by variations in human rights within countries (12)

A

structure

29
Q

Russian annexation of Crimea year?

A

2014

30
Q

How did Russia justify annexing Crimea?

A

protection of the human rights of an enclave of ethnic Russians

31
Q

Human development factors?

A
  • literacy rate
  • gender equality levels
  • human rights
  • life expectancy
  • wealth
32
Q

Between 1996-2004 US gave how much money to Guatemala in democracy aid?

A

18M USD

rebuilt justice system etc.

33
Q

1976 China GDP rank?

A

124th place

34
Q

China GDP rank present?

A

2nd place

35
Q

Chinese violation of human rights examples?

A
  • Uighors in Xinjiang work camps

- Honk Kong political freedoms

36
Q

example of ineffective aid?

A

Haiti 2010 => UN caused spread of cholera

37
Q

Cholera deaths Haiti 2010?

A

10,000 deaths

38
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Botswana, Ebola outbreak 2014 people affected?

A
  • 28,000 cases reported

- 11,000 dead

39
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WHO response to Botswana Ebola outbreak?

A
  • emergency declared
  • material/ buildings/ staff provided
  • 2016 Botswana declared Ebola-free
40
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How to Assess the success of military intervention?

A
  • social cost ( 60,000 American dead nam)
  • political cost (Tony Blair Iraq war)
  • economic cost (US cost Afghanistan 2 trillion USD)
41
Q

US vaccination programme reduced infant mortality by?

In Iraq war

A

75%

42
Q

War in Syria deaths?

A

+400,000

43
Q

Define human development?

A

process of enlarging people’s:

  • freedoms
  • opportunities
  • Improving well being
  • quality of life