PSCI 3802 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Cultural Rights, Office Of The United Nations High Commissioner For Human Rights, Gender Equality
21 Oct 2018
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Implementation depends on: you need more time invested, ex. Freedom of speech can be implemented easily where the state must refrain from interfering (a political right: ex. Poverty is not seen as a human rights violation in the media; it is condemned but not necessarily immediately do people use the language of human rights to describe it. History of esc rights: consideration for economic rights came about due to the problems faced during the industrial revolution, recognition before udhr, constitution of mexico and ussr (1917) In these constitutions, some economic and social rights as well as legal rights were included: weimar republic constitution. It was created a year after wwi but did not last very long. Main treaties, bodies and instruments (these take care of the promotion and prevention of human rights) International level: economic and social council (1945): it was created when the un was created in.
