POL 3 Study Guide - Final Guide: International Covenant On Civil And Political Rights, United Nations General Assembly, Universal Declaration Of Human Rights

• School: UC-Davis
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 3
• Professor: H.Mckibben

Document Summary

3 generations of human rights: civil and political rights. Human rights in negative terms: certain things the govt cannot do to you. Freedom of life and liberty; freedom from slavery; freedom from torture; freedom from discrimination; freedom of thought and religion. Western liberal conception of human rights (17th/18th century) Argument (radicalism)t: this conception of human rights tolerates the exploitation of working classes and colonial people: economic, social, and cultural rights. Response to abuses of capitalist development (1st generation of human rights) Conceives of human rights in more positive terms. Rights that people have from just being a human being. Right to food, clothing, housing; right to education; right to work (and protection against unemployment); rest and leisure; standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of self and family; social security. Govts say it"s not necessarily the way the things have to be. Internalization of these rights are slow in coming. Radicalism: dominance of free-market capitalism: solidarity/group rights.