Exam 2: Before and Beyond the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Who said "human rights are not only violated by terrorism, repression or assassination, but also by unfair economic structures that create huge inequalities"?

What is the name for reports filed by NGOs as alternatives to official government reports?

Corporations searching globally for places to employ workers at the lowest possible wage is sometimes called _____.

Discuss three international implementation mechanisms and give at least two examples of each.

Which author is known for exposing the vanity, snobbishness, and immorality of many of the scholastic works during the Renaissance?

Discuss select input of countries prior to the endorsement of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Discuss five essential themes, including at least one elaboration, of CAT.

A major problem that the U.S. appears to have with the ICCPR is ______.

Discuss five essential themes, including at least one elaboration, of CESCR.

In the debates prior to the endorsement of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Soviet Union felt that freedom of expression in the U.S. led to a ______.

St. Augustine in his classic City of God said that if you take over a ship, you are a pirate, but if you take over a fleet, you are a(n) _____.

_____ was beheaded for writing the Declaration on the Rights of Women.

Who said that a person "who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster"?

Describe the Human Rights Triptych. Which documents and/or procedures are included in each panel?

A major characteristic of the Age of Industrialization was __________.

Who said "The White man knows how to produce goods, but not how to distribute them"?

What does it mean to say that human rights documents are historical-philosophical compromises?

What is the name of the article in the U.S. Constitution that refers to treaties (i.e. international conventions) as the "law of the land… and the judges bound thereby?

Discuss five essential themes, including at least one elaboration, of the CRPD.

The late Pope John Paul II spoke about the "grain of truth" in _____.