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The task is to learn about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, its origin, how it is upheld or violated.
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<strong>The Geneva Convention</strong><br /> The Geneva conventions are treaties that set rules for how nations are allowed to behave in war. The first convention was established in 1864; it was inspired by Henry Dunant, the founder of the Red Cross. In 1859, he had experienced a terrible battle in Solferino, Italy where more than 30,000 were killed and wounded in a single battle. He organized the locals to take care of the sick and started on his crusade against the most evil consequences of war. The Geneva, convention was the first international treaty of its kind and inspired all later Human Rights treaties.<br /> <br /> <strong>The Universal Declaration of Human Rights</strong><br /> During World War II, the warring nations committed horrible crimes that completely denied other people’s human rights. Nazi Germany killed millions of people in concentration camps because of their race or political ideas. The Japanese war against China cost 20 million lives. England forced its colony India, to export vast amounts of food for the British war effort in the middle of drought that cost the lives of 3 million Indians. USA dropped two nuclear bombs over Japan that killed hundreds of thousands.<br /> <br /> After the war people wanted and demanded a better world. These demands inspired the writing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In 1949, this document was approved by the UN. It established a range of political and social rights for all people. Many wanted a much stronger document that would also include economic rights because economic equality is fundamental to a more just world where the Poor is no longer poor, so the Declaration was a compromise among many countries. Even though much was not included the Universal Declaration of Human Rights it stands out as one of the most important international conventions ever agreed to.<br /> <br /> <strong>Other Human Rights conventions</strong><br /> Since 1949, other declarations have been approved by the UN giving rights to all people. These include the UN Convention Against Torture, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Racial Discrimination and the Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination against Women.<br /> <br /> In 1966, the UN General Assembly approved the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. This convention includes right to free primary and secondary education, social security and an adequate living standard for all citizens. Several nations have not signed on the Convention or only to some of its content. Countries with reservations include USA, France, England, China and India. It is obvious that many of the rights in this convention are being violated every day.<br /> <br /> <strong>Human Rights Organizations</strong><br /> The UN has its own Human Rights Agencies that monitors and reports on the state of Human Rights around the world. Their reports are often horrible reading and might deter some violations of Human Rights but in the world as a whole there continue to be very serious problems with constant violations of basic Human Rights.<br /> <br /> Since the 1960s many non-governmental Human Rights Organizations have been established such as Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and a great many smaller local organizations. They have been started in response to serious breaches of Human Rights whereby governments either turn a blind eye to violations of Human Rights or actively violate Human Rights such as when US and other NATO soldiers torture prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan, when war lords in Eastern Congo rape tens of thousands of women, when children are forced to work as bonded labor in dangerous industries, when people in many countries are put in prison for their political ideas or when a US president orders the assassination of a person which the CIA considers a terrorist even though he has never been brought before a court of law.<br /> By informing about the violations, by writing petitions to governments, by organizing demonstrations and speaking out against abuse these organizations work to reduce the worst violations of Human Rights
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<ol> <li>Read the files and see the short film (the film is in the task folder on the harddrive of the teacher).</li> <li>Take five Human Rights which you consider very important ; write about why they are not universally upheld and what it would take to make them into rights that really do apply equally to all people. Write a short statement on the issue</li> </ol> Send your statement to your tutor.
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