Human rights Flashcards
Define human rights
The basic rights and freedoms to which all himan beings are entitled
Define insurgent
A person fighting against a governement or force
Define human right article
One of 30 statements found in the decleration of human rights
What does the OHCHR do
Represents the worlds commitment to universal ideals of human dignity
What are the sustainable development goals
17 goals set by the UN in 2015
Define geopolitics
balence of power and relations
Define sectorian
Distinguishable group or sector
Define Ba’ath Party
Government of Syria
What are the Kurds
10-15% minority discriminated against
Define Islamic State (IS)
Jihadist group seized land in 2014
Define repression
When human rights are inhibited
Human rights article 1
Right to equality
Human rights article 2
Freedom from discrimination
Human right article 10
Right to a fair public hearing
Human right article 10
Right to a fair public hearing
Human rights article 17
Right to own property
Human rights article 26
Right to education
Human rights article 27
Right to participate in the cultural life of a community
What is GII
Gender inequality index
Rating between 0 and one based off of reproductive health, empowerment and labour force participation rate
Define gender inequality
The unequal treatment of individuals based upon their gender
What is CEDAW
Convention for the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women
Global paygap
Women earn 16% less globally
Impacts of gender equality in education
Increases human resource
More skilled workers (foreign investment)
Increases gross domestic product
Barriers to equality in education
Expectations to strat a family
Terrorist organisations
Progress towards equality in education
Reduction in pay gap
2012 97 girls for every 100 boys in primary
Increasing free primary education + feeding programmes
Impacts of gender inequality in health
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)
Barriers to equality in health
Diseases that effect woman are less researched
What % of human trafficking is women
70
How many countries have a female head of state
47%
what % of parlamentarians are female
20%
How many years is it estimated to close the pay gap
100
Issues in honduras
Police corruption
murder rate of 56 per 100,000
GDP - 2700
Healthcare
Global governance strategies in Honduras
Hoduras set up minestry for justice and human rights to prevent torture and corruption
Impacts of NGOs in honduras
Care international pledged to help with poverty, education and health
Kenco’s education scheme
Impacts of management strategies in Honduras
HDI increased from 0.6 to 0.62 between 2010 and 2020
More trade opportunities
What is forced labour
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.
Where is forced labour most common
SE asia
How many ppl around the world estimated to be in forced labour
21m
GDP of saudi arabia
54,000 per capita
Gender inequality examples in saudi arabia
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
What % of voters in saudi arabia are female
10%
GII of saudi arabia
0.375
Steps towards gender equality saudi arabia
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
Define geopolitics
the effects of geography on political and internal relations
How many people are estimated in forced labour
20 million globally
Maternal mortality rate stat
300,000 in 2013
Capital punishment stat
600 in 2014
Define genocide
the deliberate killing of a particular group of people
Define conflict
Disagreement or discord, violent or otherwise
When did gthe syrian conflict start
2011
How are human rights promoted
OHCHR, amnesty international
Raise awareness spread ideas and technology
Movement of people and money
Satellite imagery
How can human rights lead to conflict
(representation)
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
How can conflict lead to human rights
(dead, displaced, housing, access)
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)
UN intervention in Syria
(how many ppl reached)
Peace talks, disposing of chemiccal weapons
Reached 2.2 million people
National Gov intervention Syria
Oil embargo
Sep 2011
NGOs in Syria
16 autherised to work
eg White helmets rescue people from war zones
Outline the SSGs
17 goals to be acheived by 2030
Injustice still present in Honduras
judges still face intimidation
attacks on journalists
inequality
drug trafficking
