HR100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Universal Declaration Of Human Rights, Liberal Democracy, Direct Democracy
28 Oct 2020
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Plurality: the winning candidate needs only to obtain more votes than any other candidate. Direct democracy: a form of democracy in which people decide on policy intiratices directly. Representative democracy: a type of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people as opposed to direct democracy. Difference in how asylum seekers are treated in the udhr and the iccpr (international. Udhr: article 14: everyone has the right to seek and enjoy countries" asylum protection. Iccpr 12: everyone shall be free to leave any country including its own. Uninvited migrants like refugees and asylum seekers challenge state sovereignty. The difference with the udhr and iccpr is with the udhr it is very straightforward that country that claims asylum any refugees are invited whereas iccpr thinks it challenges state sovereignty just letting anybody in. Contrast relationship between state sovereignty and international human rights (udhr article 14/15)
