Nature and evolution of human rights

2.1.1 What are 'human rights' and what is the UDHR?

2.1.1 UDHR Seminar

Slides

human_rights_pub_quiz.pdf

Quiz

Human Rights 2.1.2

Worksheet

Untitled document.docx

UDHR

The Emergence and Evolution of the Concepts of Human Rights and Human Security - The Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS)

2.1.2 Contested history of human rights

Reading 1- pages 3-6

Reclaiming and rebuilding the history of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights The political history of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is not well known and obscurity has fostered a number of assumptions that require inspection. Recent scholarship challenge...

Reading 2

History of the Declaration | United NationsThree years after the creation of the United Nations, world leaders decided to complement the UN Charter with a road map to guarantee the rights of every individual everywhere, so atrocities like those of World War II would never happen again.

2.1.2 Creating your timeline

2.1.3 Human Rights Development

Slides

2.1.3 Top 10 Events

Worksheet

Timeline_Of_Human_Rights.pdf

Reading

Essay questions

“The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) is no longer relevant for dealing with human rights issues in the 21st century.” To what extent do you agree with this claim?

“The evolution of human rights since 1948 has undermined the effectiveness of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.” To what extent do you agree with this claim?

To fully answer these questions you will need to complete the first part of section 2.2.