PO SC 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: International Covenant On Civil And Political Rights, Contract, Dayton Agreement
15 Nov 2016
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Liberalism: support human rights because without democracy (key factor of liberalism), you can not have human rights, freedoms are essential. Constructivism: as long as there is consensus, everyone agrees, believe in human rights they are a global norm. Human rights treaties (liberals start here) *top* diffusion of human rights norms and values (constructivisms start here) Little to no mention of individuals in international law. Instead, international law applied mostly to diplomatic immunity. New norm is that it is the obligation of states to protect or intervene on behalf of all individuals because they have inherent rights under international law. Liberals: wanted the charter to say something about the right to protect and intervene in the name of human rights. China, soviet union, uk, and us didn"t want states to be obligated to intervene. Liberals wanted more than the pretty preamble to the preamble un charter. They wanted a comprehensive list of human rights to be focused upon by each state.
