POLI 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Negative Liberty, Rome Statute Of The International Criminal Court, Freedom Of Movement
16 Oct 2015
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Poli 100 - lecture 9 - citizens: the practice of human rights. International human rights (20th c. - : followed wwii: concept of human rights", different instruments: Declarations = shared norms, not legally binding: two stages for member states of un. Sign: agree in principle, intent to comply. E. g. legal rights, mobility rights, right to asylum, classical freedoms (mill: pushed by ussr, articles 22-26: social/economic rights = positive freedoms. E. g. right to work, pay, education, shelter, etc: pushed by the west. Un covenants on: civil and political rights (1966, economic, social and cultural rights (1966) Every 5 years a member state is responsible for reporting how they are fulfilling these rights, and get a report back from the un showing whether or not they are actually fulfilling them. Un convention on the rights of the child (1989: most ratified convention, three countries yet to ratify:
