lesson 10

Question 1

adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 10, 1984 at Palais de Challiot, Paris. It is not a legally binding treaty but a mere declaration or statement of generally accepted principles of human rights

Answer 1

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) -

Question 2

transcends state boundaries by seeking to define and uphold those rights held universally by every person regardless of nationality.

Answer 2

Human rights law

Question 3

states that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights

Answer 3

The UDHR

Question 4

is a multilateral treaty adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 16, 1966.

Answer 4

The ICCPR and The ICESCR( International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights )

Question 5

is defined as one who is to be engaged, is engaged, or has been engaged, in a remunerated activity in a state of which he or she is nota national

Answer 5

A migrant worker

Question 6

provides that every human being below the age of 18 years is a child unless under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier.

Answer 6

United Nations on the Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)