Political Science 3388E Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Extraordinary Rendition, Totalitarianism, Universal Jurisdiction

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 3388E
• Professor: Jennifer Mustapha

Document Summary

International regime: a system of norm and decision making procedures accepted by states as binding in a particular issue are. Global human rights regime: the udhr and related conventions provide the normative basis for the global hr regime, which is centered around the un. Many different types of legal instruments, jurisdiction, and law when it comes to human rights. States abolished it nationally, then made agreements with other states. 1926 international convention of slavery under the league of nations: labour and workers rights, humanitarian law / laws of war. Agreements that exist on the conduct of civility during war. Not a general human rights, specifically refers to violations of humanitarian law. Has indicted 20 to 26 people = sudan, darfur, uganda. Political will: wwii was a catalyst for wide agreement on hrs. Made it easier for those who wanted to do so to gain support for human rights: agreement was for a declaratory regime.