Online Quiz #4 Flashcards
According to the Human Security Center, _____________ might have caused a global decrease in armed conflict.
growing democratization and economic interdependence
As opposed to national security, human security takes ________ as its focus.
the individual
“Human security” includes all of the following except:
- Physical safety
- Economic and social wellbeing
- Respect for a person’s dignity -Military security
Military security
Genocidal violence has occurred in which of the following countries after 1960?
Congo and Kosovo
Despite its _______, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the UN General Assembly in 1948 is, symbolically, _____.
nonbinding status . . . the baseline for future human rights promotion
_________ is the use of military force by external actors to end a humanitarian threat to people within a sovereign state.
Humanitarian intervention
Traditionally, intervention has been defined as a forcible breach of __________ that interferes in a state’s internal affairs.
sovereignty
According to the United Nations, the punishment of genocide is a/n:
international concern
The International Criminal Court was established on July 1, 2002, with its headquarters in______, although its proceedings may take place ______.
The Hague, Netherlands . . . anywhere
In the past halfcentury, the “international human rights regime” has grown up around the idea that individuals possess rights simply by virtue of sharing in:
common humanity
“Common security” is sometimes called ________ .
Cooperative security
Globalization has made it more difficult for leaders of countries to assert that national cultural norms are more important than global standards of behavior. For example, _________ penetrate/s national borders and erode/s traditional values.
- transnational corporations
- the globalized entertainment industry
- the United Nations
- all of the above
All of the above
Rights written into a constitution are called:
Charter rights
“Asian values,” as a response to Western “human rights,” places prime importance on:
The family
A legal right of humanitarian intervention enables interventions but does not ________ it.
Require
The Congress of Vienna states sought to ban which of the following?
slave trade
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is sometimes called ___________.
the court of last resort Milosevic
Freedom from want and freedom from _____ are the two competing paradigms of human security.
fear
NATO intervened in Kosovo for humanitarian reasons and for the members’ national selfinterest. The latter includes:
fear of refugees from the conflict fleeing to Western Europe for asylum
Many feminist scholars argue that the language of human rights treaties reflects an oldfashioned linguistic convention, specifically:
that the rights bearer is a man and the head of a household
Globalization has ________ leaders of countries to assert that national cultural norms are more important than global standards of behavior.
made it more difficult for
A nineteenthcentury European discourse about which values and norms made a country “civilized” or “uncivilized” was called:
Standards of Civilization
Realist scholars often assert that states reject humanitarian intervention because states only pursue:
their national interest
In conflicts since 1991, civilian casualties constitute ________ percent of deaths.
80 to 85
The international community rarely acts on human rights cases unless __________ is engaged.
public opinion
