ARTSSCI 1C06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Meddle, Maher Arar, John F. Kennedy International Airport
6 Dec 2016
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Core entitlements each of us has simply by virtue of being human: universal. Secondary rights: economic, social, cultural, (aspirational rights) Followed by covenants on civil & political and economic, cultural & social rights (1966) Further affirmation and growth of global, regional, national human rights regimes. Yet major rights violations persist: human rights violations not just in third-world countries , but also occur in first- world countries. Dual syrian-canadian citizen, detained at jfk airport in 2002 on suspicion of al-qaeda affiliation. Sent to syria and subjected to torture. Subsequently cleared of all links to terrorism. Need to consider local and transnational factors. Root causes discourse often stops too soon: rather than trying to identify the source of human rights violations, attention was focused on the human rights violations themselves as inexplicable, random occurrences. Ignores the systemic logic and causes behind it. Prevents us from understanding the true nature o: exploiting migrant workers racism, ex.
