DVM 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: John Peters Humphrey, Rights-Based Approach To Development, United Nations General Assembly

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: International Development and Globalization
• Course: DVM 2110
• Professor: Sonia Gulati

Document Summary

Human rights = rights that everyone has just by virtue of being human. Drafted first draft of un declaration of hr. Vary from country to country context specific. Developments after the universal declaration of human rights. Provided a strong basis for developments of human rights international law. Development of an international criminal court (adopted 1998, came into force 2002). Established to help end impunity for the perpetrators of the most serious crimes of concern to the international community. Greater willingness to intervene in other countries" affairs for the sake of human rights. Elimination of all forms of discrimination against women. Still have rights as a human being, regardless of your actions. Actions are bad, the person still has rights. Ex. some think its okay to torture someone if they"ve done something horrible, but theoretically speaking, everyone has these rights. International covenant on economic, social and cultural rights and human right to health.