INTLSTD 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: United Nations Human Rights Committee, Google Ngram Viewer, Hugo Grotius

• School: U of M
• Department: International Studies
• Course: INTLSTD 101
• Professor: Greta Uehling

Document Summary

Recognize and describe what came before the regime we know today. French revolution: declaration of the rights of man and the citizen. Views of the body: sense of moral autonomy, sense of ownership of your body. Be able to provide a brief narrative aftermath of wwii. Un charter specified creation of a commission to draft a dec of rights. What are the main contributions, and the central caveat associated w/ the udhr? inspirational plain language understood by all beneficiary-oriented, govs pledge to promote principles: duties could not be agreed upon, so govs just pledge to promote principles. Major caveat: just a declaration, not a law. it"s not binding, implementation is left up to states - they wanted to preserve the sovereignty of nation-states. Recognize the 3 components of the international bill of human rights. Udhr: universal dec of human rights (1948) + Iccpr: international covenant on civil and political rights (1966) +