3 Types of Human Rights
- Created by: Katie Beaumont
- Created on: 25-04-17 18:42
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- 3 TYPES of Human rights
- 1). CIVIL & POLITICAL RIGHTS
- EARLIEST FORM of HR
- ADVANCED through AMERICAN/FRENCH REVOLUTIONS
- RIGHTS to: LIFE, LIBERTY & PROPERTY & FREEDOMS FROM: discrimination, slavery & torture
- NEGATIVE RIGHTS
- Although they are NOT supposed to INTERFER WITH THE STATE, these rights are UPHELD through LEGISLATION & GOVT ENFORCEMENT
- DISTINCTION between CIVIL RIGHTS & CIVIL LIBERTIES
- RIGHT to a FREE TRIAL requires POLICE & COURT SYSTEMS
- EARLIEST FORM of HR
- 2). ECONOMIC, SOCIAL & CULTURAL RIGHTS
- Greater PROMINENCE during the 20th CENTURY- POST WW2
- 'SECOND-GENERATION' RIGHTS
- DIFFER from traditional LIBERAL rights.
- More SOCIALIST about CAPITALISM- SOCIAL INJUSTICE & UNEQUAL CLASS POWER
- RIGHTS to: SOCIAL SECURITY, WORK, PAID HOLIDAYS, HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION ETC
- More SOCIALIST about CAPITALISM- SOCIAL INJUSTICE & UNEQUAL CLASS POWER
- Designed to COUNTER-BALANCE INEQUALITIES of MARKET CAPITALISM
- PROTECTING WORKING CLASSSES & COLONIAL peoples from EXPLOITATION
- Known as POSITIVE RIGHTS
- They imply a level of STATE INTERVENTION-WELFARE PROVISION/LABOUR MARKET/ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
- Viewed as ASPIRATIONS rather than ENTITLEMENTS
- GOVTS may LACK RESOURCES or CAPABALITIES- puts burden on INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION
- Viewed as ASPIRATIONS rather than ENTITLEMENTS
- They imply a level of STATE INTERVENTION-WELFARE PROVISION/LABOUR MARKET/ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
- 3). SOLIDARITY RIGHTS
- Emerged since 1945
- THIRD GENERATION RIGHTS
- ATTACHED to SOCIAL GROUPS or SOCIETY as a whole, rather than INDIVIDUALS
- Makes them COLLECTIVE RIGHTS
- SHAPED by GLOBAL SOUTH
- Makes them COLLECTIVE RIGHTS
- RIGHTS to: DEVELOPMENT/PEACE/ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION/MULTICULTURAL RIGHTS
- Used for MORAL PURPOSES
- HOWEVER, they are VAGUE & do they belong to groups?
- This may lead to WEAKENING INDIVIDUAL SELF-WORTH
- 1). CIVIL & POLITICAL RIGHTS
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