unit 5 - HR

Question 1

HR in the UN

Answer 1

• 1946 - Creation of the UN commission for HR ○ Devided opinions
  § Law
  § Declaration

- 1948 - Draft Declaration of HR
○ Binding charter
○ Cold war is reflected in debate on HR for ideological reasons
	§ Political and civil rights 
Economic and cultural rights

Question 2

HR

Answer 2

Tension since the 2GM, between sovergnity and human rights for the legal order.

The UN Charter prioritizes peace over dignity

HR were not binding

As time went by, HR were recognized as one of the central functions of the UN

Question 3

HR council

Answer 3

2003: major reform of the UN structure
2005: Critiqued for lack of impartiality, credibility and professionalism
2006: majority is obtained for the vote

Question 4

HR in the UN

Answer 4

Frist generation: negative rights limit the power of the government
Second generation: positive right require government action

• 1966 - two treaties approved resulting in:
  ○ International committee on political and civil rights
  ○ On economic, social and cultural rights
  § It took a decade for them to have enough ratifications to gain traction
  § 2015 - the first had the ratification of 168 members states and the second with the ratification of 164 members
• 1967 - procedure 1235 - ECOSOC resolution
  HR and fundamental freedoms

Question 5

Fight to privacy in the digital area

Answer 5

• globalisation
• vulnerability to survalence
• the GA issues a resolution on the impact on human rights of the surveillance and interconception of communications