Human Rights Mock 2 Flashcards
What are human rights ?
Basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled.
Applicable at all times and in all places and they protect everyone equally , without discrimination
what is a human rights norm ?
represent ways of living that have been included into the culture of a country ot area over a long period of time
What is infant mortality rate
Annual number of deaths of infants under the age of one per 1000 live births
what is intervention ?
use of military force by a state or group of states in a foreign territory in order to end gross violation of human rights
What is good about military presence ?
protects citizens
UN human righjts teams work in area to protect and promote human righst
What does global governance of human rights involve ?
direct physical intervention and application of a growing number of human rights norms , laws and treaties or conventions plus work of civil society
What is geo politics ?
global balance of political power rand international relations
How many victims of forced labour are there globally ?
25 million
how many people globally are expolited in economic activities ?
16 million
how many people globally are forced into sexual exploitation ?
4.9 million
how many people globally are in forced labour imposed by state authorities ?
4.1 million
Where is there the highest amount of forced labour ?
South East Asia
What are economic factors that influence patters of global forced labour ?
- poverty
lack of economic opportunities and unemployment - low wages
-subsitence farming
-migration and seeking work
what are political factors that influence global forced labour ?
-political instability
- conflict
- breakdown of rule of law
corruption
- state sponsorship of modern slavery
- High levels of discrimination and prejudice
What are the social factors that influenve global forced labour ?
- gender inequality
- age, especially children
- entire families enslaved through bonded labour
- women and children trafficked for sexual exploitation
- indigienous people
what are environmental factros that influence global forced labour ?
- escaping climate related disasters (food shortage and water shortage)
hazardous working conditions in open mines
what is a MMR ?
Death of a woman unlike pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy - Annual number of these deaths per 100,000 live births
what was the MMR globally in 2017 ?
295,000 women globally died during or after pregnancy
Where is the worst maternal mortality rate ?
South Sudan, Chad and Sierra Leone
what was the MMR of South Sudan ?
1150 per 100,000 live births
What was the MMR of Chad ?
1140 per 100,000 live births
What was the MMR of Sierra Leone ?
1120 per 100,000 live births
What are the factors that influence global variations of MMR ?
- Access to treatment for pregnancy and birth complications , especially emergency care
- Quality of medical services , especially provision of skilled attendance at birth
- Level of political commitment and government investment
- Availabiltyy of info and education
- Cultural beliefs, practices and discrimination
- poverty
In 2018 how much capital punishment was there ?
at least 690 globally
2531 people were sentenced to death in 54 countries