CMN2168 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Atlantic Charter, Legal Positivism, Nuremberg Trials
26 Jan 2018
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Right of equal treatment under the law. Right to participate in the political process. Right to be secure from violence and other physical danger. Right to a decent standard of living. The abuse of individual rights by government. Demands for autonomy or independence by various groups. Demands for equality and privacy by groups with unconventional lifestyles. Claims by governments to economic growth and protection from other nations and non-state actors. A growing acceptance of the interdependence and indivisibility of rights. Respect for human rights facilitated market-based economic developments. Non-state actors criticize state actions, both domestically and abroad. Individuals who are imprisoned because governments disapprove of their political, religious, social, or other beliefs. Safeguarding the fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals; companies are expected to secure human rights in countries where government routinely violate them. The idea that rights are freedoms that humans everywhere are entitled to, simply because humans exist. The stoics and cicero were philosophers who defended them.
