12 GLOBAL POLITICS WEEK 17. Learning Intention To understand contemporary debates surrounding human rights LEARNING INTENTIONS Success Criteria WWBAT

12 GLOBAL POLITICSWEEK 17

Learning Intention

To understand contemporary debates surrounding human rights

LEARNING INTENTIONS

Success Criteria

WWBAT describe contemporary debates about the universality of human rights

WWBAT describe contemporary debates about economic vs. social-political rights

WWBAT describe contemporary debates about religion vs. universality

WWBAT describe contemporary debates about humanitarian intervention

Learning intentionTo understand contemporary

global human rights legal architecture

LEARNING INTENTIONS AND SUCCESS CRITERIA

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CONTEMPORARY DEBATES

• Economic and Social rights before political and civil rights

• Cultural relativism

• Universality vs. Religion

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Economic and social rights before political and civil rights

Civil and political rights• Rights that protect individuals' freedom from

infringement by governments, social organizations and private individuals.

Economic, social and cultural rights • Relate to the guaranteed things like

education, housing, adequate standard of living etc.

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Economic and social rights before political and civil rights: case study

“The rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly, and association are limited in Singapore in the name of security, public order, morality, and racial and religious harmony.” – Human Rights Watch, 2014




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• Economic and social rights before political and civil rights

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Social, cultural and Economic rights

Background • Western tradition of rights

• Found in the American bill of rights

• Found in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

• Rights that ‘people may need’ to exist

• More likely to be promoted in the developing world

Beliefs • Believe in increasing ‘human freedoms’ such as ‘freedom of speech’ etc.

Believe in ensuring ‘human development’ through the right to education, healthcare etc.

Supporters USA, Australia, European Nations

Developing countries (usually): Singapore, Malaysia, China

Criticism That other rights (social etc.) should be prioritised over civil and political rights; These rights are overly western.

Development is not an excuse for putting civil and political rights on hold, these are human needs too.




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Cultural relativism

• Cultural relativism argues that human rights and their enforcement are not universal but change from culture to culture, and these differences should be respected.

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Cultural relativism: Case Study• Through the system of

traditional chiefs many offences, including homicides, have traditionally been resolved by reconciliation.

• The ceremony involves the admission of wrongdoing, offering of compensation by the offender and then the sharing of symbolic drink called Mato Oput.

• In addition, individual cleansing rituals routinely take place whenever former LRA members return to the community.

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• Cultural relativism

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Universalism Cultural Relativism

Background

Beliefs

Supporters

Criticism




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Universality vs. Religion• In contemporary Global Politics this often refers to

the differences between the Universal Human Rights discourse and Islam.

• Islamic states believe that human rights in the UDHR are incompatible with their political-legal systems that combine religion and politics.

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Universalism v. IslamCase Study• UDHR Article 18: Everyone has

the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion.

• Sharia law bans the practice of any religion except for Islam.

• Universalists argue that Islam should not be a cover for avoiding UDHR, they argue that Islam oppresses women by forcing them to wear the veil and also through the male dominated system.

• Islam points to the sexual exploitation of women in the West as an example of hypocrisy.

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• Universality vs. Religion

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Universalism Religion

Background

Beliefs

Supporters

Criticism




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Exam revision

2014Q. 10 Explain one response of a global actor to an international law or treaty that relates to this issue.

Q. 11 Using one issue, analyse two sides to one of the following ethical debates:

• The principle of universality versus religion• Obligations to strangers versus national interest• Development versus sustainable development• Arms control versus disarmament

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LEARNING INTENTIONS AND SUCCESS CRITERIACONTEMPORARY DEBATES




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Exam revision

2013Q. 9 Analyse how effectively a global actor has responded to this issue.

Q. 10 Analyse one ethical debate on (an issue you have studied in this Area of Study) issue.

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Exam revision

2013Question 10

a. Identify one international law or treaty that relates to this issue. This may be pre-twenty first century. 1 mark

b. Explain the impact that this international law or treaty has had on your chosen issue in the twenty-firstcentury. 5 marks

Q. 11 Explain one ethical debate that has arisen in relation to this issue. 6 marks

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12 GLOBAL POLITICS WEEK 17. Learning Intention To understand contemporary debates surrounding human rights LEARNING INTENTIONS Success Criteria WWBAT