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Human Rights?
Does everyone deserve basic human rights?
Fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being
In the Past
Sovereign states enjoyed unlimited legal power over those living in their territory.
States treated individuals as subjects. Domestic affairs of one country is not the business of another country.
In the Past
The idea of Human Rights was not even brought about by states or even people within states (Except for a few scholars)
People only had rights if they were granted it by the sovereign state Ex. The US Constitution regarded slaves from Africa to be 3/5 of a person.
The Holocaust
January 30, 1933 to May 8, 1945.
The concept of Genocide was born the eradication of an entire people. The extermination of Europes Jewish people where 6 million Jews died.
The Holocaust
Adolf Hitler was born and raised in Austria.
He became active in Germanys right wing anti-democratic movement. He came to power in 1933 and it marked the beginning of anti Jewish policies. Ex. 1935 Nuremberg Law, German Jews were striped of their citizenship.
The Holocaust
Nazi Violence against Jews on the night of November 9th 1938. The Kristallnacht. 1942, Decision to gas Jews in concentration camps: Sobibor, Treblinka, Auschwitz.
The discovery of the Holocaust death camps after the war, produced shock and horror to the International community.
Other Genocides
Ethnic Cleanings in Yugoslavia
Rwanda Genocide Civil war in Sierra Leone Cambodias killing fields
Greek Stoicism
Roman law
Non-governmental organisations
Gender inequality
Measures to evaluate: Gender Empowerment Measure Gender-related Development Index
Forms of violence
Reproductive independence
Autonomy and control over body Challenge from religious leaders as a form of cultural imperialism
Equal rights
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
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