Human and Animal Rights

Question 1

Name some of the human rights?

Answer 1

Liberty 
Health
Right to own property
Right to marriage and family 
Rest to rest/leisure
Peaceful enjoyment of possessions

Question 2

When did the history of human rights in England begin?

Answer 2

Magna Cart 1215 - to no man will we deny justice

Question 3

What was the Bill of Rights?

Answer 3

Ended monarchs claim to absolute rule by ‘Divine Right’ and introduced accountability into parliament

Question 4

When and what was the Habeas Corpus Act 1962?

Answer 4

Right to lawfulness of detention tested promptly by courts (1962)

Question 5

What does the Universal Declaration of Human Rights outline?

Answer 5

Inalienable rights, freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear

Question 6

When was the environmental and inter-generational components first introduced?

Answer 6

1972 Stockholm Declaration on the Human Environment

Question 7

What did the Rio Declaration 1992 outline?

Answer 7

Inalienable rights

Sustainable development

Question 8

1950 European Convention on Human Rights?

Answer 8

Balance between rights of the individual and public interest

Question 9

What happened in the Lopez Ostra case 1994?

Answer 9

Unlicensed and illegal release of tannery fumes near to their home
Unable to obtain relief under Spanish law from toxic fumes
European Court of Human Rights rules breach of article 8

Question 10

What happened in the Ruth Hatton Case?

Answer 10

Argued UK government should restrict Heathrow operation to protect local human rights
Rights of Ruth Hatton were downgraded when compared to public interest and other’s human rights
Difficulty in proving harm

Question 11

What is the case for Animal rights?

Answer 11

Systems that allow animals to be used as a resource are wrong
Animals have inherent rights
Why do babies and mad people get rights and not animals?
All people and animals have inherent value

Question 12

What happened with the Whanganui River NZ case?

Answer 12

Deed of Settlement granted river legal personhood
Recognised the traditional relationship between the Maori tribe and the river
Unlocked £13 million for conservation and educational projects

Question 13

What did the NZ river case mean?

Answer 13

Challenged the anthropocentric paradigm that only people can be legal persons
Companies can have legal rights?