Human Rights Violations Flashcards
Define Human Rights Violation:
The rights that everyone is entitled to are broken or abused intentionally/unintentionally
What are the 3 types of Humanitarian Intervention?
Direct Intervention
Economic Pressure
Diplomatic Pressure
Which 5 countries are the permanent members of the UN Security Council?
UK USA China France Russia
What is the main aim of the UN?
World Peace
What are the 3 main examples of HR violations we looked at?
Forced Labour
Maternal Mortality
Capital Punishment
How many people are victims of forced labour globally?
21 million
What was the example of Forced Labour that we looked at?
Qatar World Cup 2022
What was one of the main HR violations?
The right to choose your profession
What happened with the Qatar World Cup
Workers were forced to do jobs they didn’t agree to and were made to live in terrible conditions
Worked for irregular and inaccurate pay
Which countries have the highest % of forced labour in the world?
Mauritania
Haiti
Which countries have the lowest % of forced labour in the world?
Canada
UK
Australia
What economic factors influence forced labour?
Poverty (More vulnerable)
Unemployment (No alternative)
Low Wages (Need money)
What political factors influence forced labour?
Conflict
Corruption
Political Instability
What social factors influence forced labour?
Gender inequality
Sexual exploitation
What environmental factors influence forced labour?
Climate related disasters
Hazardous working conditions
What are some of the main types of forced labour?
Human trafficking
Child slavery
Debt bondage (people in debt have to work to pay it off)
Define maternal mortality:
The death of a woman within the first 42 days of termination of pregnancy
How many women died annually in 2013 following childbirth?
289 000
Where is MMR highest?
Sierra Leone
Chad
Where is MMR lowest?
Belarus
Italy
What factors affect MMR?
Access to treatment
Lack of education
Emergency care
Poverty
What right does capital punishment abuse?
The most basic HR -The right to life
Who has called for an end to the death penalty?
UN General Assembly
In 2014 how many people were sentenced to death?
2 466
What factors affect variations in the death penalty?
Different type of crime
No of countries eradicating it has increased
What is the cost of keeping one person in prison annually?
£40 000
Which countries still have public executions?
Iran
North Korea
Saudi Arabia
Which 2 countries are reinstating the death penalty?
Turkey
Phillipines
What is a retentionist country?
Still have the death penalty
What is an abolitionist country?
Completely abolished death penalty
What was the case study I looked at for capital punishment?
Iran
What crimes are punishable by death in Iran?
Murder Rape Child Molestation Armed Robbery Terrorism
How many people were executed in Iran between 2007-12?
1 663
Which country executes the most people per capita?
Iran
