POL340Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: International Covenant On Civil And Political Rights, Ushas, International Human Rights Law
6 Mar 2018
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Concept of human rights rights vs. standards of behaviour (morality, custom, religi. Traces roots back to enlightenment fundamentally western/european concept. Hard to escape idea that international human rights law has foundation in enlightenm status as a human being. Rights not the same as standards of behaviour ability/freedom of individuals to do enlightenment period. You have a liberty if you don"t have a duty to do something. Claims employee has claim that employer pays wages, employer has duty to pay w. If gov. has ability to change set of privileges for claims an individual has, that gov. ha. If you have an immunity, that means another individual does not have power to alter. Negative rights = to be free from being compelled to do x or y. Positive rights = involve ability/a claim by an individual against a government. States are the primary guarantors of ihrl viola. Requires not just governments to refrain from taking action directly against indi.
