Human rights Flashcards

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1
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Define human rights

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The basic rights and freedoms to which all himan beings are entitled

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Define insurgent

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A person fighting against a governement or force

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3
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Define human right article

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One of 30 statements found in the decleration of human rights

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What does the OHCHR do

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Represents the worlds commitment to universal ideals of human dignity

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What are the sustainable development goals

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17 goals set by the UN in 2015

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Define geopolitics

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balence of power and relations

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Define sectorian

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Distinguishable group or sector

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Define Ba’ath Party

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Government of Syria

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What are the Kurds

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10-15% minority discriminated against

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Define Islamic State (IS)

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Jihadist group seized land in 2014

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Define repression

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When human rights are inhibited

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12
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Human rights article 1

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Right to equality

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Human rights article 2

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Freedom from discrimination

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Human right article 10

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Right to a fair public hearing

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Human right article 10

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Right to a fair public hearing

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Human rights article 17

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Right to own property

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Human rights article 26

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Right to education

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18
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Human rights article 27

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Right to participate in the cultural life of a community

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What is GII

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Gender inequality index
Rating between 0 and one based off of reproductive health, empowerment and labour force participation rate

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Define gender inequality

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The unequal treatment of individuals based upon their gender

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What is CEDAW

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Convention for the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women

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22
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Global paygap

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Women earn 16% less globally

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23
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Impacts of gender equality in education

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Increases human resource
More skilled workers (foreign investment)
Increases gross domestic product

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Barriers to equality in education

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Expectations to strat a family
Terrorist organisations

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Progress towards equality in education

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Reduction in pay gap
2012 97 girls for every 100 boys in primary
Increasing free primary education + feeding programmes

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Impacts of gender inequality in health

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When woman make their own reproductive choices they provide better care for their children
More pay for women can mean better education (children do better in school in a gender equal environment)

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Barriers to equality in health

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Diseases that effect woman are less researched

28
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What % of human trafficking is women

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70

29
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How many countries have a female head of state

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47%

30
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what % of parlamentarians are female

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20%

31
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How many years is it estimated to close the pay gap

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100

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Issues in honduras

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Police corruption
murder rate of 56 per 100,000
GDP - 2700
Healthcare

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Global governance strategies in Honduras

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Hoduras set up minestry for justice and human rights to prevent torture and corruption

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Impacts of NGOs in honduras

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Care international pledged to help with poverty, education and health
Kenco’s education scheme

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Impacts of management strategies in Honduras

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HDI increased from 0.6 to 0.62 between 2010 and 2020
More trade opportunities

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What is forced labour

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Situations in which persons are coerced into wokr through the use of violence or intimidationor by more subtle means such as the accumulation of dept, retention of identity papers or threats of denunciation.

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Where is forced labour most common

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SE asia

38
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How many ppl around the world estimated to be in forced labour

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21m

39
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GDP of saudi arabia

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54,000 per capita

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Gender inequality examples in saudi arabia

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Female testomony counts for half of final verdics
(violates article 10 right to a fair public hearing)
women need permission to go to school
Women cant vote or run in politics without permision

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What % of voters in saudi arabia are female

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10%

42
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GII of saudi arabia

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0.375

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Steps towards gender equality saudi arabia

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2013 domestic violence made illigal
2015 allowed to vote in municipal elections
2017 women allowed to drive
social media push by women but face punishment
2017 allowed to access gov service without male consent

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Define geopolitics

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the effects of geography on political and internal relations

45
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How many people are estimated in forced labour

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20 million globally

46
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Maternal mortality rate stat

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300,000 in 2013

47
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Capital punishment stat

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600 in 2014

48
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Define genocide

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the deliberate killing of a particular group of people

49
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Define conflict

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Disagreement or discord, violent or otherwise

50
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When did gthe syrian conflict start

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2011

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How are human rights promoted

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OHCHR, amnesty international
Raise awareness spread ideas and technology
Movement of people and money
Satellite imagery

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How can human rights lead to conflict
(representation)

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Syria one party state - many political prisoners
Gov represents 12% of ethnic pop
Pro democracy protests in march 2011 met with gunfire triggering civil war

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How can conflict lead to human rights
(dead, displaced, housing, access)

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300,000 dead by 2015
Chlorine bombs in 2015
27% of housing stock destroyed
6.6m displaced
70% of pop lack access to food + water (surrender or starve)

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UN intervention in Syria
(how many ppl reached)

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Peace talks, disposing of chemiccal weapons
Reached 2.2 million people

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National Gov intervention Syria

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Oil embargo
Sep 2011

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NGOs in Syria

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16 autherised to work
eg White helmets rescue people from war zones

57
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Outline the SSGs

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17 goals to be acheived by 2030

58
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Injustice still present in Honduras

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judges still face intimidation
attacks on journalists
inequality
drug trafficking