Human Rights

Question 1

what does HR include?

Answer 1

both legal and moral rights

Question 2

ideally, HR is?

Answer 2

universal

Question 3

what is HR?

Answer 3

considered a significant right of freedom, possessed by all men and women, regardless of where in the world the individual might be without discrimination

Question 4

why did hr become prevalent?

Answer 4

war -unprecedented horrors of war cause to make a list of human rights to protect civilians e.g. holocaust
WW1 -> league of nations => United Nations

Question 5

what is limitation of hr?

Answer 5

• identifying moral rights that encompass what all cultural groups regard as consistent with their own morality can be a difficult exercise
• does not mean it is law
• problems relating to civil/political, economic, social and culture
• devision of universal declaration of human rights in 2 divisions

Question 6

what is International Human rights Law?

Answer 6

‘soft law’ - it provides normative guidance but in itself has weak enforcement at an international level

Question 7

UN has limited means of?

Answer 7

enforcement - the UN is not a governemnt

Question 8

e.g. of enforceability of human rights?

Answer 8

Toonen vs Australia (1994)

was a landmark human rights complaint brought before the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC)