Historical Timelines
What year was the Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations?
1948
What is a 'negative' right?
Rights based on the government not doing something to you (civil and political rights)
How many languages has the Declaration of Human Rights been translated into?
500
While no countries objected to the Declaration of Human Rights in the United Nations General Assembly, 8 countries abstained. Name one.
USSR, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, the BSSR, Yugoslavia, Poland, Saudi Arabia, and South Africa
In what decade did Human Rights become a common stand-in for social justice issues?
1990's
What is a 'positive' right?
Rights based on things your should have (economic, social, cultural rights)
Where is the UN headquarters?
New York (and The Hague in the Netherlands for the ICC)
Name one of the four countries that originally refused to sign on to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, USA
What was the catalyst for the modern redeployment of the idea of the rights of man, now called human rights?
World War II
What is the difference between empirical and normative studies of human rights?
Empirical: what is (the practice in the world)
Normative: what ought to be (moral, philosophical, conceptual questions)
Of the first 30 cases before the International Criminal Court, how many involve people from Africa?
30
How did the gendering of the language change during drafts of the Declaration of Human Rights?
Challenges between 'man' and 'human beings'
What climate change relevant human right officially became recognized by the UN in 2010?
Right to water and sanitation
What is the name of the practice where domestic human rights groups collect information about abuses, disseminate evidence, draw attention to gap between HR theory and practice in country?
Naming and Shaming
How is the cultural relativist critique of Human rights geographic?
Different places and different cultures will have different ideas about justice, so human rights does not apply everywhere
What form of torture is commonly excluded by androcentric HR definitions of torture?
Domestic Violence