Human Rights Flashcards

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Name the Millenium goals

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Eradicate poverty, universal education, gender equality, reduce child mortality, improve maternal health, combat disease, ensure environmental sustainability and global partnership.

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When were the MDG’s created

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In 2000 at the Millenium Summit in New York by 189 leaders. The deadline is 2015.

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The dignity of the human person

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We treat others with great respect and fairness because God made them too.

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4
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Preferential option for the poor

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Help everyone because each person needs each other. That is why it is important to help others.

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Rights and responsibilities

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Everyone should have food, work, clothes, home, school and medical care. W must help our sisters and brothers obtain these standard needs. We must see that everyone receive their rights

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Stewardship

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Earth is the only place we can live so we must cherish this gift from God.

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An option for the poor and vulnerable

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Everyone needs standard living so we must share if we are not poor.

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Rights of workers/ participation

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Everyone deserves safe conditions, fair wages and reasonable hours.

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Solidarity

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The world’s people are independent and although we may be different we need to become the best we can be and build a community.

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Innocent until proven guilty human rights

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We must have evidence to be proven guilty

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The right to democracy

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Democracy allows us to choose a party that we believe should represent our country and rights and not have a fascist government

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Copyright

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Our ideas and thoughts and work are our own and no one can steal them

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13
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The right to seek a safe place to live

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We are allowed to live in safety

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14
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The right to privacy

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We are our own person and we need to have our rights to privacy.

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15
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No torture

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We should treat everyone with respect and torture is not a fair and decent punishment

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16
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The right to your own things

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Even though it is seen bad to be materialistic having something of your own that is special is rewarding.

17
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Responsibility right

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Is the right to let everyone know their human rights

18
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Human rights were created because

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The fascist, expansive countries abused their opponents cruelly and their people had no rights so after ww2 the UN developed the human rights

19
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Catholic social teaching

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Preferential option for the poor, human dignity, common good, rights and responsibilities, solidarity, subsidiarity, participation, stewardship

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Subsidiarity

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All people have a right to participate in decisions that affect their lives.