REP summer exams Y7, Human rights

What does ethics mean?

Ethics is the study of actions and whether those actions are right or wrong.

What does morality mean?

Morality refers to the things that we use to help us decide what we should do.

What do people use to make moral decisions?

Religion, parents/family, internet, history/past, government, consequence, school, a feeling.

What is the definition of Human Rights?

Human Rights are the basic rights and freedoms that belong to every person in the world, from birth to death.

What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

It is a document that was created to protect the rights and dignity of every person around the world. It was created in the idea that all people, no matter where they live, should have certain basic human rights.

What are some examples of the 30 human rights?

1) we are born free and equal, and should treat others in the same way.

30) Nobody can take these rights and freedoms away from us.

26) we have the right to education.

18) we all have the right to our own thoughts and to believe in any religion.

What is the difference between absolute and qualified human rights?

Some of the 30 rights are absolute rights meaning they cannot be limited or taken away. Some of them are qualified rights meaning they can be adapted in some way to protect another right.

Which organisations promote and protect human rights?

The United Nations- works to protect the human rights globally and create guidelines.

National Governments- Each country has rules and laws that protect the rights of its people.

Non-Governmental Organizations- Groups like Amnesty International that protect people’s rights by speaking out against things or working on making laws international.

Human rights activists- Brave people who fight for the rights of others, often risking their own safety to make sure people are being treated fairly.

How do amnesty international promote human rights?

They speak up for their own beliefs, and make sure others have the opportunity to express their opinions. They try to educate people about situations where human rights have not been protected, etc.

What is the definition of Civil Rights?

The rights that each person has in a country or society, regardless of their race, sex or religion.

Why do human rights differ from country to country?

As for some country’s civil and politic rights are most important but for others economic and social rights are key.

What are some examples of civil rights issues in the UK?

The UK have had issues with civil rights in the past but as we have moved forwards progress has increased in sections like voting and equal rights for women (some people may sill think we have a way to go)

What are some examples of civil rights issues around the world?

Around the world there are unequal rights for women, people are not allowed to speak freely, Discrimination against different groups. For this reason people are having to fight for fairness.

How did Emmeline Pankhurst promote human rights?

• British women who supported women’s rights to vote

• She set up the WSPU in 1903 (helps secure voting rights)

• used protests, hunger strikes and sometimes even violence if needed

• Interrupted political meetings (got arrested)

• In 1918 women won the right to vote (changed to the same rights as men)

How did Martin Luther King promote human rights?

• Important leader in United states for civil rights

• Believed that people no matter their skin colour should have the same rights

• Made protests (peacefully) his best known one was the famous ‘I had a dream’ speech.

• he believed that people should use love instead of violence to protest

• This leadership led to the civil rights act of 1964

How did Dorothy day promote human rights?

• Fought for the rights of the poor

• American activist

• She co-founded the Catholic Worker Movement, focused on providing shelter, food, and care (great depression)

• Important to not just talk but take action (made Catholic worker houses)

• Wrote articles, newspapers to spread messages of peace

• She didn’t want to wait for the laws or policies to change.

How did Frederick Douglass promote human rights?

• An African American who escaped slavery (then fought against slavery)

• He was separated from his family and forced to work

• Taught himself how to read and write (illegal at the time)

• Travelled around the country giving speeches, and wrote several books

• Worked for equality, even advised Abraham Lincoln of the rights of Black Americans

How can human right violations cause conflicts?

Conflict can happen when groups feel their human rights are being denied. Discrimination, or social inequality. In times of this war human rights are not upheld, right to education, Right to life, Right to health, etc.

What does Antisemitism mean?

A certain perception of jews, which may be expressed as hatred (view that jews are inferior than others.

What does Persecution mean?

Unfair or cruel treatment over a long period of time (because of race, religion, or beliefs)

Give three examples on how Jewish people were treated unfairly.

1. Children were excluded from schools

2. People were sacked from their jobs

3. Jewish people wouldn’t be allowed everywhere.

Which other groups were targeted during the Holocaust?

1. Disabled

2. Minority

3. Homosexual

What is the just war theory?

A theory that argues a war can be ‘just’ or moral if it meets certain conditions. It was created m=by Thomas Aquinas.

What is Jus ad Bellum?

• War must be just (invasion, self defence)

• War must be declared

• It should promote good not evil

What is Jus in Bello?

• War must be a last resort

• Should be fought with just enough force to win

• The good of the war must be greater than the evil caused

How can conflict lead to people being displaced in their own homes?

It often results in people having to leave their homes and countries, to find a place of safety. These people are known as ‘refugees’ as they have to find safety in a different country.

What human rights should refugees receive?

should receive at least the same rights and basic help as any other foreigner who is a legal resident.

What does discrimination mean?

Acts of treating people differently based on prejudice.

What does prejudice mean?

Pre-judging someone to be superior or inferior based on something about them.

What is gender inequality?

Where people are treated differently based on their gender.

What is the gender pay gap?

It is the difference between the amount of money that women and mean are paid. (men get paid around 9.5% more)

Who is Malala Yousafzai?

• Brave activist from Pakistan (fought for girls right to education)

• Many girls were not allowed to go to school (by the Taliban)

• Malala spoke out but ended up getting shot for doing so

• She survived and became more determined (she wrote a book, travelled around the world and met world leaders)

_{What is the Mbale Regional Referral Hospital?}

The only hospital in and area called Mbale (Uganda) which is supposed to take care of all 4 million people who live their, but their are only 450 beds meaning there is one bed to every 10,200 people.

What are the benefits of promoting human rights on the digital world?

• Show protests and inspire people to go out and fight for rights.

• News can show people good and bad things

• Campaign against things.

What are the challenges of promoting human rights on the digital world?

• Show people opinions which others can go against.

• People can make/say bad comments about others

• People might not accept others privacy and could go further into your business than you would like.