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UN CHARTER
ABUSES
VOCABULARY
HOMELESS PEOPLE
HISTORY OF HR
100
any basic right or freedom to which all human beings are entitled and in whose exercise a government may not interfere
What is a human right
100
the four areas of human rights injustices that affect Thailand (BONUS: 100 points if you can name a fifth)
What is human trafficking, non-refugees status, freedom of speech and denial of citizenship
100
the development and application of health measures for the sake of cleanliness, protecting health, etc
What is sanitation
100
one who flees for safety, especially to a foreign country, as in time of political upheaval, economic hardships, war, and more
What is a refugee
100
a voluntary association of around 190 states signatory to the UN Charter (1945), whose primary aim is to: maintain international peace and security, to solve economic, social, and political problems through international cooperation and to promote respect for human rights
What is the United Nations
200
The death penalty is in violation of which human right?
What is the right to live, article 3
200
these people are more prone to prostitution, making a lower wage for doing the same job as others and domestic abuse
Who are women
200
a person that has concern for human welfare and advancement, usually manifested by donations of money, property, or work to needy persons
What is a philanthropist or activist
200
protection from danger or hardship; a safe place
What is asylum
200
the person who initiated the UN human rights declaration?
What is Eleanor Roosevelt
300
What document outlines 30 rights guaranteed to all people; made up of Categories including: Civil Rights Political Rights Economic Rights Social Rights Cultural Rights
What is The United Charter of Declaration of Human Rights
300
these individuals are often not given a fair trial and subjected to racism because of differing religious beliefs and culture in this modern day "war" against these accused-people
Who are terrorists
300
a formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations. the formal document embodying such an international agreement.
What is a treaty
300
a global movement of more than 3 million supporters, members and activists in more than 150 countries and territories who campaign to end grave abuses of human rights; aiming for every person to enjoy all the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards.
What is Amnesty International
300
the Persian historical document, allowing some of the first documented human rights
What is the Cyrus Cylinder
400
The main argument as to why the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights does not maintain power
What is it lacks the means to enforce the document
400
commonalities between these one country we studied & another that you know about. they are infamous for human rights abuses include: dictatorship, poverty. they have many natural resources.
What are Zimbabwe and.......... (last year we studied Myanmar too)
400
a person whose application for asylum or refugee status is pending at any stage in the procedure
What is an asylum seeker
400
someone who is forced to flee his or her home but who remains within his or her country's borders.
What is an internally displaced person
400
the event that lead to the establishment of the United Nations
What is the atrocities of WWII
500
Countries that have a gap between literacy rates for men and women demonstrate a violation of which human right?
What is the right to an education
500
In what year did they introduce the convention on the right of the child? (Which, is not being followed by many countries due to child labor, human trafficking, child soldiers, etc)
What is 1989
500
a person who has returned to his or her place of origin during the preceding year
What is a returned refugee
500
is a legal concept describing the lack of any nationality. It is the absence of a recognized link between an individual and any state.
What is being "stateless"
500
Human Rights have been described as a) inherent b) inalienable c) universal d) all of the above
What is d) all of the above