ECH 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: International Humanitarian Law, Humanitarian Intervention, Genocide Convention

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Conflict Studies and Human Rights
• Course: ECH 1100
• Professor: Jean- Francois Ratelle

Document Summary

Second part of the semester: human rights and internaional law. Internaional humans rights law: united naions & human rights. Denying basic liberal human rights: discriminaion, repression, torture, abducions. Human rights represent the bare minimum that is required for a person to live a human existence (life with human dignity) Certain things that ought never to be done to people and certain other things that should be done. Negaive rights: protect the individuals against the abuse of the states, civil and poliical rights. Right to life, liberty and security of person. Posiive rights (welfare: economic, social, and cultural rights. Group and community rights: right to self-determinaion, own cultures, languages and religions, right to peace, right to a healthy environment. Establishment of united naions (un) and its charter (1945) Impact of wwii & nuremberg trials: ensuring the respect of human rights, first ime the words human rights use in an internaional treaty, crime against humanity.