UNIT 4: Human Rights Flashcards
What is Censorship?
The practice of suppressing and limiting access to
materials considered obscene, offensive or a
threat to security. For example in WW2 censorship was used to keep the morale of people high.
What is Discrimination?
Acts of treating groups of people, or individuals differently, based on prejudice. For example, sexual harassment is a form of discrimination.
What is Extremism?
Believing in and supporting ideas that are far from
what most people consider correct or reasonable. For example, the KKK is an extremist group.
What are Human Rights?
The basic entitlements of all human beings,
afforded to them simply because they are human.
An example of human rights as stated in the
Declaration of human rights is that all people
should receive an education
What is Personal Conviction?
Something a person strongly feels or believes in. For example, a personal conviction is that all rapists should be locked away for life.
What is Prejudice?
Pre-judging; judging people to be inferior or superior without cause. An example of prejudice is someone thinking poorly of another person for his belonging to a certain race
What is Relative Poverty?
A standard of poverty measured in relation to the
standards of a society in which a person lives. For
example, living on less than x percent of average
UK income.
What is Absolute Poverty?
An acute state of deprivation, whereby a person
cannot access the most basic of their human needs. An example of absolute poverty includes a 12-year-old boy who has never been to see a doctor or attended school
What is Social Justice?
Promoting a fair society by challenging injustice
and valuing diversity. Ensuring that everyone has
equal access to provision, equal opportunities, and
rights.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
On 10th December 1948, the United Nations issued the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The majority of countries have agreed to this.
Human Rights
- we can all ask for the law to helps us when we are not treated fairly
- we all have the right to run away to a country to be safe
- we all have the right to believe in whatever we like, to have a religion, and to change it if we wish.
- every grown-up has the right to a job, to a fair wage in their work, and the right to join a trade union
- everyone has the right to own things
Amnesty International
- Set up in 1960 by Peter Benenson
- They work worldwide to protect and fight for men, women, and children whose basic human rights are denied.
- They use non-violent methods to raise awareness ie writing letters, creating posters, peaceful protests
- In 1977 Amnesty International was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize
Social Justice
- human rights is the basic needs of all human beings
- therefore social justice is the way we promote these human rights within society
-An example of social justice IS the protests for climate change awareness.
RIGHTS & JUSTICE (Christianity)
QUOTE
‘So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them.’ - Genesis 1:26–27
- Everyone is equal
- Supports human rights and social justice
- If you harm a person, it means you’re harming God, if you do good it means you’re doing good to God
OSCAR ROMERO (Christianity)
- He supported liberation theology - it emphasized “social concern for the poor and political liberation for oppressed peoples.”
- It helped marginalized groups
- He believed in agape - unconditional love to God
RIGHTS & JUSTICE (Islam)
QUOTE
‘Whoever kills a soul unless for a soul or for corruption (done) in the land - it is as if he had slain mankind entirely. And whoever saves one - it is as if he had saved mankind entirely.’ - Qur’an 5:32
- You can kill for self defense
- If you help others, you help Allah
MALCOLM X (Islam)
- he saw the ummah (a muslim community)
- an example of the ummah together is hajj (pilgrimage) where everyone wears the same clothing
- this shows Islam supports a just society as in hajj everyone is equal
