Connections to Segment #2 Readings

The Donnelly and Howard reading list different types of regimes and how each regime respects or denies human rights. The article states that, though minimal states, communist countries, and traditional societies believe that they treat their people well, they all fall short of granting their people full human rights. The only regime that respects people's social, civil, political, and economic human rights is a liberal regime. We realized that refugees often flee from minimal states, communist countries, and traditional societies -such as North Korea, Burma, or Cuba- to liberal states, such as the U.S.

The Fein article discussed war crimes and how they are human rights violations. We discussed the fact that many refugees and displaced people are victims or war crimes.

Darfur

There are a couple of points from the Fein article that will be helpful for our action campaign on Darfur. The first point was about the animal behavior she refers to on that last page of the article. Another aspect of the Fein article that will be useful is when she talks about how the right to life is, universally, the number one human right and yet people are killing one another in Darfur, disregarding that human right altogether. The quote referring to citizens vs citizens,"...such denial has been normal because it serves distinct social functions not only for rulers but at times for many citizens of societies in which gross violations of human rights - persistent human wrongs - are the rule," will be useful as well since the killings in Darfur are between citizens.

CED

These are the two points our group came up with that link human rights to corporate environmental destruction:

-We incorporated Fein's idea of deciding what's a right versus a wrong. In this case, who is right, and who is wrong: the corporations or the indigenous societies? Furthermore, we touched on John Locke's idea of the right to own property. If a company buys the property does that give them the right to the land entirely?

-Our second point comes from Donnelly and Howard's article. It compares two different types of societies: the corporate society versus the traditional (indigenous) society. Which society is more important, or holds more weight in today's world? Is one more understanding and fair, or do they deal with "rights" equally?

Instructions: Labels

Class,

Please remember to label your action group posts with the label. You need to click on the Labels tab on the right side of the create post screen. Then click on your label and hit done.

Please let me know if you have questions. Also, additional instructions are below on the blog.

Thanks,

J Hunter

HT Team #1

From Segment 2, there are several points that can be applied to human trafficking.  First is the idea of life integrity rights brought up in the Fein article.  This is especially in reference to the table presented in the article. 

Another point that is applicable to human trafficking is how different places enforce human rights.  This depends on the culture and what is seen as the norm.  In some countries human trafficking is more highly enforced while in others it is the norm for people to "participate".

Lastly, it is important to look at gender equality when studying human trafficking.  Overall, the group believes that women and children will be more likely to be involved in the practice than men.  It is also important to look at the different roles each gender plays in human trafficking (such as are men more likely to sell or force another person into the practice?).

GB

From Segment 2, we will use the question of whether or not humans that have committed a crime have the same human rights as other humans.  Is it our job to take their rights away as well if they have taken away others' rights.

From Segment 2, dignity vs rights and how it applies to someone that is in jail.

Course Syllabus

https://docs.google.com/open?id=1zSAHZ0foXYEpQTVtKVVhuCtsAnqrJeDf4qj8-dmR8wUnIqT2i71Gzi6k5FgH

Instructions

Every Student Must Use a "Label" to apply his or her post to the correct action group. If you do not do this, your post will get lost in the home page () and not appear in your Label page linked at the top of the blog.

The Labels for each Action Group are as follows:

AIDS: AIDS as a Human Rights Issue Action Group
CED: Corporate Environmental Destruction Action Group
Darfur: Darfur Action Group
GB: Guantanamo Bay Action Group
HT: Human Trafficking Action Group
Refugee: Refugees Action Group


If you forgot to label your post, then please edit your post and simply add the correct label by selecting it from the list on the right side of the screen.

Thanks,

-JH