8A.4ab why do human rights vary from place to place

who was the human rights declaration originally signed by in 1948

48 nationals in 1948 but werent legally binding

what happened to the human rights declaration in 1976

2 legal agreements were signed to make rights legally binding but not all countries signed the agreement

which countries did not sign the UDHR in 1948

south africa, soviet union, saudi arabia

why did south africa not sign the UDHR in 1948

to protect its system of apartheid which contravened almost all aspects of declaration

why did soviet union not sign the UDHR in 1948

they wanted the declaration to condemn fascism and nazism which it did not

why did saudi arabia not sign the UDHR in 1948

objected to the article that states everyone has the right to change their religion or belief, wm=omens rights are also a controversial issue

what reasons for have the universal declaration of human rights been successful (democracy)

more democracy, today most states have national parliament, 70 years ago only 26 did

what reasons for have the universal declaration of human rights been successful (freedom)

more freedom, freedom of info laws and policies have been adopted by 111 countries

what reasons for have the universal declaration of human rights been successful (right to vote)

today women have the right to vote in 198 countries vs 91 in 1948

what reasons against have the universal declaration of human rights been successful (speech)

freedom of expression, 101 journalists were killed in pursuit of a story in 2016

what reasons against have the universal declaration of human rights been successful (detention)

1 in 3 people are held in detention without being tried for a crime

what reasons against have the universal declaration of human rights been successful (slavery)

1 in 10 children worldwide are engaged in child labour

what do most low countries have (7 countries scored <7/100)

LICs lack education money and water, autocratic states have low freedom china and russia, conflict/civil unrest 2019 syria scored 0/100

what do most high countries have (43 countries scored >70/100)

HICs wealthy educated, democratic, however mongolia nomibia scored highly

what is chinas economic growth like

rapid growth rivalling USA

what is the type of gov does china have

authoritarian

what is indias economic growth like

slower economic growth

what is south korea economic growth like

rapid growth

what is north korea economic growth like

slower growth

what is the type of gov does india have

democratic

what is the type of gov does south korea have

democratic

what is the type of gov does north korea have

authoritarian

what are chinas access to human rights like

widely criticised

what are indias access to human rights like

seen as a free country but some concerns

what are north koreas access to human rights like

widely criticised

what did south korea transform from to be better for the people

transformed from war torn country into high income advanced economy

what made south korea better

firm gov, increasingly powerful businesses e.g. samsung, committed labour force, rich human resources

when was south koreas first free elections held

first free elections not held until 1987

what are north koreas elections like

holds elections but only involved 1 political country

what has north korea self imposed

self imposed isolation from rest of global community

what does north korea frequently violate

frequent violations of human rights

what do people no have in north korea

no freedom of speech

what does north korea spend more on

military and weapons than people

what food shortage cause in north korea

food shortage in 1990s killed 2.5m people (10% of pop)

what are chinas death penalties like

46 offences are punishable by death

what are chinas workers rights like

poor workers rights, no trade unions, cannot protect about wages

what incidents happen in india

incidents of violence against minorities especially muslims and woman and children