ADMJ 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Universal Declaration Of Human Rights, New South Wales Police Force
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They are a result of society challenging patriarchy, racial superiority, monarchy (being born into positions of power makes you superior) and other assumptions regarding the. The universal declaration of human rights (civil and political rights) manifested after the ww2 where 6 mill jews and others were killed due to their religion, sexualities, assumptions about groups of people being less than human. The universal declaration of human rights sets out the rights to which we are all entitled to and it sets out the responsibilities of those with power (so called duty bearers" e. g states, institutions, courts etc) 1st generation human rights: response to crimes against humanity, genocide and other abuses against rights e. g ^ 2nd generation human rights: rights of workers, rights of women, rights to non- discrimination and socioeconomic rights. 3rd generation human rights: cultural rights, the rights to development, environmental rights, the rights of people with disabilities, the rights of indigenous peoples.
