understanding development & human rights

  • discussed civil, political, and social human rights

  • talked about the roles & obligations of different nation states

  • key takeaways from girl in the river

    • cultural relativism

    • challenges of human rights are often when they go against religious norms that question what development means

  • Quebec passed a bill where religious apparel cannot be worn in public settings

    • discussion of universal human rights is going back and saying that we hv to protect our national & sovereign identity & not get immigration or inclusion affect their identity

      • i think immigration or spreading culture is kinda threatening the culture of a certain country

  • hv talked about moral and ethical & their overlap with moral and justice

    • wat is moral and ethics and how does it shift culturally

  • may hv a question on exam about HR & how they arose and issues implementing them

  • roles of morality are imbedded into religion- are thought to be god given & not governmental providied

  • examples of development issues in canada: oil in canada, indigenous rights & human rights as a whole & afforabilty/expensive houses (housing crisis)

  • good about capitalsim-forces innovation

    • if everyone has eveyrthign then theyred be nthg to progress towards & advance towards

    • drivies competition

      • may be good but can result in human rights violations & ppl not paying their workers properly

  • things that set us apart from US: hv more social beenfits, better healthcare, (in the states theres too much oower given to the states - states can enforce abortion & others dont hv to), does hv a better education system, maybe also that we’re more united than the states in US, never been a country that overpsends on military

    • are quite dependnent on the US for military help and Trump can abuse that power


need to learn about organizations listed on “class work” slide on slideshow

  • should know their role & wat they do (basically just basic information)


SPEE (social, policial, economic, environmental) - connected to money & age (relathionship between mnney & life expectancy)