Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Rights
UNHR
1. UDHR
2. Intl Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural
Rights (workers, family, health, standard of living,
culture, and education)
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CESCR.aspx
http://www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/ccpr.aspx
Your Turn!
Why these?
Enforcement?
Enforcement?
Enforcement - CCPR
Three Optional Protocol methods for enforcement:
1)
2)
3)
Critiques?
Other
Conventions/Commissions on
Human Rights
http://www.achpr.org/instruments/
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?
NewsID=25447#.VmGWztIrLcs
http://www.right-to-education.org/sites/right-toeducation.org/files/resourceattachments/Revised_Arab_Charter_Human_Rights_2014_EN.
pdf
Conflicts?
Childrens Rights
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CRC/Pages/
CRCIndex.aspx
Childrens Rights
Major Influences:
Childrens Rights
Organizations for
Childrens Rights (some
anyway)
UNICEF - www.unicef.ca
Human Rights Watch - www.hrw.org
Child Soldiers - www.child-soldiers.org
Free the Children http://www.freethechildren.com/