Political Science 2231E Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: World Politics, Cultural Relativism, Mahatma Gandhi
13 Apr 2016
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One of the four main issues in internaional relaions: security, poliical economy, environment. Total of 30 human rights, depicted by the un. Cyrus the great: released slaves and abolished slavery when he conquered persia, which is now. Iran and granted them the right to religious freedom: 539 bc. Magna carta: signed in the 1200"s, no one is above the law, not even the king. Watch what are human rights? on youtube, or on www. humanrights. com. No one should be subjected to torture arbitrary arrest. One of the most important and supported documents. India, ater the leadership of ghandi, was one of the irst to talk about human rights and freedom. Discriminaion against women: paid less, right to educaion, etc . Forced labour: 27 million people today are slaves. Fundamental rights to which every person is enitled uncondiionally, as a human being. Poliical rights (right to vote, freedom of speech)
