CYC 602 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Geneva Conventions, Dignity, Cyc

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Child and Youth Care
• Course: CYC 602
• Professor: Tina K roll

Document Summary

Human rights are the most basic rights people have. Belong to the individual, not the society. Human rights are basic freedoms and protection. Purpose of existence and the ideal of humanism. Those with wealth must care for the needy. Human is a moral being different from the animal. Human rights allows us to protect each other. Body of principles and norms intended to limit human suffering. Geneva convention for the amelioration of the conditions of the wounded in armies in the field. Convention shall apply to all cases of declared war or any armed conflict. Those who have been injured will be treated fairly. Neutral powers shall apply by analogy the provisions of the present. For protected people in the hands of the enemy, present convention will still apply. Wounded and sick will continue to have benefits. Wounded and sick may not renounce in part or in entirety the rights secured by them.