intlstd 101 final exam study guide
4 rights considered "expansion of rights" mentioned in textbook - Answer -right to
be forgotten, intergenerational rights, sexual orientation and gender identity,
right to clean water
right to be forgotten - Answer -questions about privacy with the rise of the
internet that puts more information about us on the internet
intergenerational rights - Answer -present generation has an obligation to protect
the rights of future generations, humans make sure they leave the world in at
least no worse a condition than they found it
sexual orientation and gender identity - Answer -right to choose a partner of the
same sex and to alter own's own sex or choose gender identity
right to clean water - Answer -water is controlled and sold by private water
companies, freshwater resources not equally distributed, water can e
contaminated by lead and other pollutants
a right - Answer -entitlement to act or be treated in a particular way
,a duty - Answer -obligation or act, or refrain from acting, in a particular way to
satisfy someone's rights
international human rights - Answer -universal and inalienable rights all humans
are entitled to that international community has a duty to satisfy
2 main features that differentiate international human rights from others -
Answer -universal and inalienable
universal - Answer -given to everyone regardless of race, gender, sex, nationality,
religion, etc
inalienable - Answer -can't be taken away
2 main types of human rights - Answer -civil and political human rights (negative),
economic and social human rights (positive)
civil and political human rights (negative) - Answer -rights that entitle humans to
participate in the civic and political life of their society without discrimination or
repression from the state
civil and political human rights example - Answer -right to vote, free speech,
freedom of assembly, fair trial, not to be tortured
, economic and social human rights (positive) - Answer -right that entitle humans to
equal social and economic conditions without exploitation from the market
economic and social human rights examples - Answer -right to paid holidays,
healthcare, education, social security
human rights resolution - Answer -non-legally binding international human rights
document
human rights convention - Answer -legally binding international human rights
document that involves signatories (signatures) and ratification (state's own
government has to ratify it)
country that signed human rights treaty - Answer -country agrees with it and
abides by it
country that ratified human rights treaty - Answer -they don't have to abide by it
if they don't want to
universal periodic review - Answer -review of human rights record of all 193 UN
member countries every 4 years
3 main steps of UN's universal periodic review - Answer -information gathering,
review session, outcome report
4 rights considered "expansion of rights" mentioned in textbook - Answer -right to
be forgotten, intergenerational rights, sexual orientation and gender identity,
right to clean water
right to be forgotten - Answer -questions about privacy with the rise of the
internet that puts more information about us on the internet
intergenerational rights - Answer -present generation has an obligation to protect
the rights of future generations, humans make sure they leave the world in at
least no worse a condition than they found it
sexual orientation and gender identity - Answer -right to choose a partner of the
same sex and to alter own's own sex or choose gender identity
right to clean water - Answer -water is controlled and sold by private water
companies, freshwater resources not equally distributed, water can e
contaminated by lead and other pollutants
a right - Answer -entitlement to act or be treated in a particular way
,a duty - Answer -obligation or act, or refrain from acting, in a particular way to
satisfy someone's rights
international human rights - Answer -universal and inalienable rights all humans
are entitled to that international community has a duty to satisfy
2 main features that differentiate international human rights from others -
Answer -universal and inalienable
universal - Answer -given to everyone regardless of race, gender, sex, nationality,
religion, etc
inalienable - Answer -can't be taken away
2 main types of human rights - Answer -civil and political human rights (negative),
economic and social human rights (positive)
civil and political human rights (negative) - Answer -rights that entitle humans to
participate in the civic and political life of their society without discrimination or
repression from the state
civil and political human rights example - Answer -right to vote, free speech,
freedom of assembly, fair trial, not to be tortured
, economic and social human rights (positive) - Answer -right that entitle humans to
equal social and economic conditions without exploitation from the market
economic and social human rights examples - Answer -right to paid holidays,
healthcare, education, social security
human rights resolution - Answer -non-legally binding international human rights
document
human rights convention - Answer -legally binding international human rights
document that involves signatories (signatures) and ratification (state's own
government has to ratify it)
country that signed human rights treaty - Answer -country agrees with it and
abides by it
country that ratified human rights treaty - Answer -they don't have to abide by it
if they don't want to
universal periodic review - Answer -review of human rights record of all 193 UN
member countries every 4 years
3 main steps of UN's universal periodic review - Answer -information gathering,
review session, outcome report
