GS101 Lecture Notes - Occupational Segregation, International Criminal Court, Lester B. Pearson
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Charter of the united nations (1945: promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and fundamental. Freedoms: used to prevent atrocities like the holocaust again. The cold war and the battle over human rights (1966: communism did bring some security in the form of standard of living and access to jobs, international covenant on civil and political rights (iccpr) Negative rights are all freedoms against having someone tell you what to do and think. They were promoted by the capitalist west: international covenant on economic, social, and cultural rights (icescr) Positive rights are freedoms that come as an addition to negative rights such as having a good wage, access to safe jobs, etc. Includes: labour, social security, food, water, clothing, housing, Education and health care: tension over positive/negative rights. Those with higher incomes have their money taken away by taxes to pay for basic services. First generation: life, property, equality before the law, conscience and expression,