Scenarios from Learning Target 3 Flashcards
Nine year old children work in a quarry and are paid less than minimum wage.
Article 23: Right to desirable work and fair wage
Article 26: Right to an education
Government troops in a Latin American nation arrest rebel soldiers and torture them in an attempt to learn the identity and location of their leaders.
Article 5: Freedom from torture
A man is arrested and sent to prison without a trial.
Article 10: Right to a public hearing
Article 11: Right to be considered innocent until proven guilty
A prisoner is not allowed to send letters or to receive letters from his family.
Article 12: Freedom from interference with privacy, home, family, and correspondence
A woman with comparable education and experience is paid less than a man for the same job.
Article 2: Freedom from discrimination
Article 23: Right to desirable work and pay
A young mother who does not have health insurance is turned away from a medical facility and denied health care for her sick child.
Article 22
Article 25: Right to adequate standard of living
A woman is denied admittance to a university, even though her test scores and other credentials are equal to those of male applicants.
Article 2: Freedom from discrimination
Article 26: Right to an education
An airline company requires that all female flight attendants must retire when they marry.
Article 2: Freedom from discrimination
Article 23: Right to desirable work
A company denies a married female employee’s right to retirement benefits because her husband, also employed by the company, already receives such benefits.
Article 23: Right to fair wage
Article 2: Freedom from discrimination
A magazine publishes an article that contains false information about a prominent figure, attacking his reputation.
Article 19: Freedom of opinion and information
