HR-3210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Humanitarian Intervention, Soft Law, Tehran Conference
25 Jun 2018
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Human Rights Institutions !
Lecture one
Human rights is a wide topic, it means different things to different people and cultures.
Sometimes it’s establishing a positive standard of life while for others it’s a protection of violence
whether that is individual or collective.
Human Rights!
Natural VS Positive
God has given human beings certain rights which are fundamental and belong to humans
through naturalization. (Thomas Aquinas)
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. (Edmund Burke)
They saw natural rights as “anarchical fallacies,” because he believed that no government can
possibly meet the standards demanded by the doctrine of natural rights. (Jeremy Bentham)
Opiate of the masses. (Karl Marx)
The Anarchists - the belief of god and religion is the reason why “state” exists, whom are the
ultimate violator of human rights. We are all global citizens. (Mikhail Bakunin & Peter Kroptokin)
This is where positive rights stemmed, we need legitimacy for our rights through documents and
other mechanisms.. Creating the concept of life, liberty and property as well as international
human rights as a whole (UDHR).
Why should human rights exist? Because we are moral beings. We have the right to
be treated with dignity. We have a right to be within reason, to have it and to question it.
These creates and reinforces another concept, autonomy which can be seen on both an
individual and collective level. This all henceforth creates an opportunity for equality.
This further produces the environment for people to connect to other needs and
capabilities.
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Document Summary
Human rights is a wide topic, it means different things to different people and cultures. Sometimes it"s establishing a positive standard of life while for others it"s a protection of violence whether that is individual or collective. God has given human beings certain rights which are fundamental and belong to humans through naturalization. (thomas aquinas) The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. (edmund burke) They saw natural rights as anarchical fallacies, because he believed that no government can possibly meet the standards demanded by the doctrine of natural rights. (jeremy bentham) The anarchists - the belief of god and religion is the reason why state exists, whom are the ultimate violator of human rights. We are all global citizens. (mikhail bakunin & peter kroptokin) This is where positive rights stemmed, we need legitimacy for our rights through documents and other mechanisms
