POL 32700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Cultural Identity, Sub-Saharan Africa, Sea Level Rise
10 Jan 2020
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Week 11.1 (2009!)
1. What are the 6 rights discussed in Chapter 28?
a. (1) Right to Life
i. A supreme right, greatest priority. Ensure the maximum extent of survival
and development of the child. Must be implemented in a holistic manner
b. (2) Right to adequate food
i. A fundamental right to not have to starve. Availability of foods and
accessible to all individuals under the jurisdiction of the state.
c. (3) Right to water
i. Everyone has a right to sufficient, safe, accessible, physically acceptable
water for personal and domestic uses.
d. (4) Right to health
i. The enjoyment of, and equal access to, appropriate health care and, more
broadly, to goods, services and conditions which enable a person to live a
healthy life. Includes adequate food and nutrition, housing, safe drinking
water and adequate sanitation, and a healthy environment.
e. (5) Right to adequate housing
i. The right to live somewhere in security, peace and dignity. Core elements
of this right include security of tenure
, protection against forced evictions
,
availability of services
, materials
, facilities and infrastructure
,
affordability
, habitability
, accessibility
, location
, and cultural adequacy
.
f. (6) Right to self-determination
i. They freely determine their political status and freely pursue their
economic, social, and cultural development. Right of a people not to be
deprived of its own means of subsistence and the obligation of a State
party to promote the realization
2. How does climate change affect the 6 rights discussed in Chapter 28?
a. Life: Storms can kill people (floods, fires, droughts) Famine can kill people
Document Summary
Week 11. 1 (2009!: what are the 6 rights discussed in chapter 28? a. (1) right to life i. Ensure the maximum extent of survival and development of the child. Must be implemented in a holistic manner b. (2) right to adequate food i. A fundamental right to not have to starve. Availability of foods and accessible to all individuals under the jurisdiction of the state. c. (3) right to water i. Everyone has a right to sufficient, safe, accessible, physically acceptable water for personal and domestic uses. d. (4) right to health i. The enjoyment of, and equal access to, appropriate health care and, more broadly, to goods, services and conditions which enable a person to live a healthy life. Includes adequate food and nutrition, housing, safe drinking water and adequate sanitation, and a healthy environment. e. (5) right to adequate housing i. The right to live somewhere in security, peace and dignity.
