HREQ 2010 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Realpolitik

• School: York University
• Department: Human Rights and Equity Studies
• Course: HREQ 2010
• Professor: Antonio Torres- Ruiz

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Hreq 2010: human rights & equity studies exam review sheet. The source of where those ideas come from is natural (instinctual), but artificial in the way in which we make them a reality- idea vs. > post world war ii is when the universality of human rights become an idea as legislation- the. Un was created to rebuild the principles of human rights: 1948 universal declaration of human. Rights: defining human rights, the word right: is an entitlement or a claim, objective vs. subjective rights, objective: equal rights for everybody irrespective of conditions. : concrete definition given in lecture: the fundamental and basic principles and entitlements regardless of an individual"s identity: different classifications of rights, classification by will or choice: > known as will and interest conceptions, therefore rights are benefits; whoever benefits from a duty possesses a right. > rights are therefore focused on protecting and promoting individual interests or benefits.