INTD 200 Lecture Notes - Magna Carta, Human Rights Day, Immanuel Kant
23 Nov 2012
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S/govs, academics, commentators, yes we can h: undp no, you can"t (debate) Minority of commentators, yes they are h: majority essential to devel. Human rights: attached to e/human being by fact of his/her existence. Inherent to e/person by very fact they are alive no matter race/nationality/gender/ability/etc. B/c they are inherent, can"t be given/taken away. Un can recognize (legally) your human rights, but they can"t be granted/taken away. Can be ignored/abused as they are in many nats/govs. Once they are legis can become legal/civil/constit rights. Legal + civil rights that are not human rights. Ex: right to purchase a firearm, right to set up business + incorp it. Slowly started to be recog by states (h: rarely as universal applications) Magna carta 1215, treaty westphalia 1648, bill of rights 1688 (eng) 1st great state recog am decl independence 1776, fr decl rights of man and citizen 1789. After atrocities wwii, drafters of un charter inclu in preamble:
