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September 18/2002 International Human Rights: The Framework 1) Background 2) Individual Human Rights (HR) a) Political/Civil rights b) Social rights c) Economic rights 3) Collective Cultural Rights a) Ethno-cultural/Religious b) Collective rights of a "peoples" 4) Categorical Rights 1) Background: - Most human rights have existed as ideas. They started a long time ago. - Right reasoning became secular natural law, ultimately the basis of international law. - Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) = moral principles and subsequent documents passed to refine human rights. - Prior to WWII, human rights weren't a focus of international concern. Human rights were treated as the exclusive jurisdiction of the country. - Human rights came about as atrocities surfaced to public knowledge from WWII. - Atrocities of WWII were systemic and extreme. It gave the international community reason to pursue international human rights. - Nuremburg today is the international war crimes tribunal. - Canada has a fairly active role in the tribunal. - Countries struggling with internal conflict oppose international human rights. - International...

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