IB Global Politics Human Rights Unit Review Exam Questions and Answers

IB Global Politics Human Rights Unit Review Exam Questions and Answers ICC - CORRECT ANSWER-International Criminal Court UNDUHR - CORRECT ANSWER-United Nations Declaration of Universal Human Rights ICESCR - CORRECT ANSWER-International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights ICCPR - CORRECT ANSWER-International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ICJ - CORRECT ANSWER-International Court of Justice What are positive Rights? - CORRECT ANSWER-They are rights to something, to do, to hold What are negative Rights? - CORRECT ANSWER-They are rights from something What are human Rights? - CORRECT ANSWER-- Are the rights that all people have by virtue of being human beings - Derived from the inherent dignity of the human person and are defined internationally, nationally, and locally by various law making bodies - Defined as the supreme, inherent, and inalienable rights to life, liberty and to self development Inalienable - CORRECT ANSWER-Unable to be taken away from or given away Indivisible - CORRECT ANSWER-Unable to be divided or separated Why is it called Human Rights? - CORRECT ANSWER-Originally it was called the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Man, but the idea of Human Rights was coined by Eleanor Roosevelt Generally Accepted Characteristics of Human Rights - CORRECT ANSWER-- Universal - Internationally Guaranteed - Legal Protections - Protects Individuals and groups