UDHR
This article decares that all humans beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
What is Article One?
This was the year the ICCPR was signed and the year it came into force 10 years later.
What is 1966 and 1976?
The ICESCR secures this right in article 6 that is fundamental to attainment of a standard quality of life.
What is the right to work?
During the Cold War, the West emphasized this category of rights, while the East emphasized economic and social rights.
What are civil and political rights?
ESC rights are sometimes criticized for being harder to enforce legally because they require this from states.
What are positive obligations/resources?
Article 19 protects this right, often associated with speech and press.
What is freedom of expression?
Article 6 of the ICCPR secures this right as the most fundamental.
What is the right to Life?
Article 13 enshrines this empowerment right which is fundamental in closing the gaps of fiscal and social inequity.
What is the right to education including free and compulsory primary education?
In the 1960s and 70s, movements like civil rights and anti-apartheid framed human rights as this kind of transformative action.
What is radical social action?
Housing discrimination laws in many states focus on preventing exclusion based on these categories.
What are race, gender, disability, or other protected statuses?
The right to take part in government either directly or through representatives is Guaranteed in this article.
What is Article 21?
Article 19 protects this right which can be restricted to respect other rights, national security, or public order.
What is freedom of expression?
Article 11 secures this right which includes housing, food and clothing.
What is the right to an adequate standard of living?
Critics of the legal approach argue that relying too much on courts can weaken this broader aspect of human rights movements.
What is grassroots activism/social action?
This U.S. legal amendment echoes due process principles by guaranteeing fair procedures before deprivation of life, liberty, or property.
What is the 14th Amendment?
Article 29 emphasizes that rights come with these, owed to the community.
What are Duties?
The ICCPR established this monitoring body to oversee compliance.
What is the Human Rights Commitee?
Article 15 protects rights which include freedom to engage in culture and to the benefits of _____ ______ and its applications.
What is scientific innovation?
The idea that human rights are best protected through treaties, courts, and constitutions reflects human rights as this.
What is a legal tool?
International human rights law requires states to prohibit discrimination not only in law but also in this everyday social realm.
What is practice or enforcement?
Article 28 states that everyone is entitled to this in order to fully realize their economic, social and political rights.
what is International and Social order?
The ICCPR permits the suspension of most rights during times of war or emergency, the exception are these "non-derogable" rights.
What is freedom from Torture and Slavery?
Untill 2008 the ICESCR was considered weaker then the ICCPR because it lacked this.
What is the ability to file individual complaints to an independent committee?
Human rights as imperialism critics argue that “universal” rights may ignore or suppress these local variations.
What are cultural differences/particularisms?
The recognition that discrimination can occur through policies that appear neutral but have unequal effects is called this.
What is indirect discrimination (or disparate impact)?