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Human rights are "rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled." Proponents of the concept usually assert that everyone is endowed with certain entitlements merely by reason of being human. Human rights are thus conceived in a universalist and egalitarian fashion. Such entitlements can exist as shared norms of actual human moralities, as justified moral norms or natural rights supported by strong reasons, or as legal rights either at a national level or within international law. However, there is no consensus as to precise nature of what in particular should or should not be regarded as a human right in any of the preceding senses, and the abstract concept of human rights has been a subject of intense philosophical debate and criticism. The modern conception of human rights developed in the aftermath of the Second World War, in part as a response to the Holocaust, culminating in its adoption by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948. However, while the phrase "human rights" is relatively modern the intellectual foundations of the modern concept can be traced through the history of philosophy and the concepts of natural law rights and liberties as far back as the city states of Classical Greece and the development of Roman Law. The true forerunner of human rights discourse was the enlightenment concept of natural rights developed by figures such as John Locke and Immanuel Kant and through the political realm in the United States Bill of Rights and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. “ All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. ”—Article 1 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License Is there a difference between human rights and fundamental rights? Q. Hi, does anyone specialized in international law know if there is a difference between human rights and fundamental rights? If so, what is it? Thank you. Asked by Night Skies Fading - Thu Apr 8 07:27:58 2010 - - 1 Answers - 1 Comments A. In international terms, it's a bit of a soft distinction. The term "fundamental human rights" does occur in the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and "fundamental freedoms" never appears without being conjoined with "human rights". In Canada and the U.S., at least, my understanding is that "fundamental freedoms" applies to things which ought not to be restricted by the government - freedom of speech being such an example. By contrast, human rights would be areas in which people ought to have protection from everyone - public and private actors alike. Freedom from discrimination on grounds such as race would be such a right. Answered by northernhick - Thu Apr 8 08:20:20 2010 How has globalization help to spread democracy and human rights? Q. How has globalization help to spread democracy and human rights? How can globalization work against the spread of democracy and human rights? Asked by Twin army brats on the way!! Missing my soldier - Fri May 29 13:48:24 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. Let's slice this in a two parter. First, Globalization is not proven to spread democracy worldwide. It has essentially given a bigger market for foreign companies to compete with. Consider the example of the manufacturing industry and NAFTA. Once we opened up free trade in North America, it became more cost effective for businesses to reinvest the jobs which were taken over by union employees that demanded higher wages and benefits, compared to prospective employees across the border that did not care too much for these. In terms of democracy, it has not promoted unionization in low-wage countries, and has not done too much to influence the political structure in a country. China can be another example, with the fact that more and… [cont.] Answered by king_geoian13 - Sat May 30 18:16:49 2009 Was the ICJ around to enforce Human Rights during the Vietnam War?
Q. The Vietnam war was between the North and the South. Human Rights Violations happened apparently every day. And the ICJ is the International Court of JUstice. I wonder if that was around at the time?? Need this for my reference to my assignment.. On dialup so scrambling thru the net will prolly be longer! Calling out to the adults who were there at the time? Asked by Cheeky-monkey - Sun Nov 30 06:23:36 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. - The ICJ decides disputes submitted to it by States (countries), not by individuals nor collectives nor parts of States so if you were right and it was a war between the North and the South the parties to this war would have no claim in this Court. - Seen as a conflict between two waring States, then, neither the USA nor Vietnam ever tried to solve their dispute through this Court. - The OCJ actually doesn't deal with human rights issues either. Answered by Fromafar - Tue Dec 2 11:03:27 2008 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Human Rights"
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