UDHR and ECHR Flashcards

1
Q

Name some of the UDHR

A
Entitled to rights and freedom
No one subjected to torture/cruelty
Rest and leisure 
No one subjected to slavery 
Education
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What are 3 ways turkey shows violation of the human rights

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Law bans insults to president, his faith, and politics
President wants to prosecute comedian for writing satirical poem about him
4 members of an Islamic sect were kidnapped after inspiring coup d’etat against the president

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3
Q

U.K. integrated ECHR into what

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Human rights act 1998 as a basis but ratified before

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4
Q

Some see ECHR as what

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Erosion of national sovereignty as the European court may override national courts’ decisions

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5
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Who hasn’t signed the UDHR and why

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Saudi Arabi
Too westernised
Conservative Islamic beliefs

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