Organizations/Agreements on Human Rights

Question 1

Three reasons for NATO’s creation

Answer 1

1. British and French concerns that Germany may remilitarize
2. Fear that the US would pull back from interest in Europe
3. Contain communism/Russian influence

Question 2

What is the UN development Programme of Human Security

Answer 2

• founded in 1965
• organization that is at the heart of human security
• works w/ governments to promote development strategies
• focuses are: poverty, democracy, conflict, sustainability, disease

Question 3

Name the four key convention for the protection of human rights

Answer 3

1. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948
2. The Convention for the Protection and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, 1951 [tried to define genocide]
3. Geneva Conventions, 1949 [rules for what is lawful in conflict in order to protect individuals
4. The Declaration on th Protection of Women and Children in Emergency and Armed Conflict, 1974 [encourages states to end these crimes by punishing the guilty]