Lecture 8

Question 1

Universalism

Answer 1

natural law provides the basis for human rights, human are inherently free and government can limit that,

Question 2

How the universal declaration of human rights is divided?

Answer 2

the first-generation, second-generation, and third-generation of human rights

Question 3

What are the first-generation rights?

Answer 3

enlightenment rights, elementary civil liberties

Question 4

What are second-generation rights?

Answer 4

industrial revolution right, mainly related to workers’ rights

Question 5

What are third-generation rights?

Answer 5

solidarity rights, communal and national solidarity rights

Question 6

What are non-derogable rights and how many are there?

Answer 6

5, those are rights that cannot be subject to any derogation

Question 7

What rights are not included in UDHR?

Answer 7

group rights

Question 8

What are the important covenants?

Answer 8

International Convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination, the International covenant on civil and political rights, the international covenant on economic, social, and cultural rights

Question 9

What are human rights? What are the characteristics?

Answer 9

human rights are seen as rights possessed by every person by the virtue of being human, they are universal, fundamental, individual, absolute

Question 10

what are some regional regimes?

Answer 10

European Convention for Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, American convention on Human Rights, African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights

Question 11

Which of the regional regimes are focused only on political and civil rights?

Answer 11

ECHR, ACHR

Question 12

Which of the regional regimes are focused on political and civil rights as well as the economic, social, cultural, group, and people’s rights?

Answer 12

AChHPR

Question 13

what are the physical integrity rights?

Answer 13

prohibition of genocide and ethnic cleansing, freedom from torture, prohibition of human trafficking

Question 14

civil and political rights

Answer 14

freedom of expression, assembly and association, freedom of religion, freedom from arbitrary arrest, right to fair trial

Question 15

economic and social rights

Answer 15

labour rights, social security, cultural rights

Question 16

what is the main idea in Moravicsik’s article?

Answer 16

Why would the government want to be a part of these conventions if they limit their power and hold them accountable? Why would any government favor establishing an effective independent international authority that constrains its domestic sovereignty?

Question 17

What is the view on human rights from a realist perspective?

Answer 17

democratic governments and transnationally active members of democratic civil societies coerce other governments to accept human rights norms

Question 18

What is the view on human rights from an idealist perspective?

Answer 18

democratic governments and transnationally active members of democratic civil societies persuade other governments to accept human rights norms

Question 19

What is the republican liberalism?

Answer 19

States are faced with fundamental uncertainty, and governments wants to make sure that there is no return to authoritarian governments in their own country, it ties the hand of future governments. A way to “lock in” particular policy

Question 20

Who is the strongest supporter of republican liberalism?

Answer 20

recently established democracies