Human Rights and Preserving Global Commons

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Human Rights and Preserving Global Commons
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Human Rights Include

• Right to Quality of Life
• Adequate Nutrition
• Reasonable Health Care
• Educational Opportunity
• Human Dignity
• United Nations Commission on Human Rights
• UN Commission
• - Daily Updates

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Food and Agriculture Organization

• Provide Short Term Food Relief
• Long-term agricultural assistance to nations
  facing nutritional shortages
• FAO

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World Health Organization

• WHO created in 1946 to address world health
  issues
• WHO

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Amnesty International

• Protecting Human Rights Worldwide
• Ethnicity
• Race
• Religion
• Xenophobia
• Women
• Children
• Amnesty International

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UNICEF

• United Nations Childrens Fund
• UNICEF

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CHILDREN

• Sweat shops. Lack of nutrition.Abused. Diseased.
  Tortured. Emotional, Psychological and
  Sociological Trauma.
• International Programme for the Elimination of
  Child Labour (IPEC)
• IPEC
• International Labor Organization (ILO)
• ILO

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WOMEN

• Abused. Tortured. Jailed. Killed.
• 4th World Conference on Women
• Human Rights Watch
• Conference on Women
• International Criminal Court
• ICC

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Ecological State of the World

• Environmental Pessimists
• Environmental Optimists
• World Forum
• Earth Summit
• Earth Day

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Worlds Population

• Overpopulated?
• World's Population

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Resource Issues

• Petroleum
• Coal and other Fossil Fuels
• Natural Gas
• Minerals (Mercury, Zinc, Tin)
• Forests and land
• Wildlife
• WWF
• Water
• Seas and Fisheries

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Environmental Issues

• Ground Pollution
• Water Pollution
• Air Pollution
• Science Daily
• Global Warming
• EPA's Statements
• EPA's Statement - For Kids
• Ozone Layer Depletion
• United Nations Environment Program

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Task (?)

• Write at least a five paragraph essay focusing on
  status of human rights in the country of your
  choice and my approval. See me asap to select a
  nation no person may choose the same country
  twice.
• Visit the following Web sites Country Studies,
  World Factbook, State Department Country Reports
  on Human Rights Practices and Human Rights
  Reports in the UN System and do your research.

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Task cont

• Focus on regions and nations with history of
  human rights abuse (authoritarian regimes,
  countries in conflict and countries in
  transition). The following are the countries that
  fit that description, so you may want to chose
  one of them (though you may select others)
  Bangladesh, Brazil, Burma, Cambodia, China,
  Colombia, Cuba, Egypt, Ghana, Haiti, Indonesia,
  Iran, Libya, Mexico, Nigeria, North Korea,
  Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi
  Arabia, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Uganda,
  Vietnam, Yugoslavia (former), Zaire, Zimbabwe.
• Attach a map of your nation and any other vital
  materials you deem appropriate. Staple all this
  information to your essay and include a cover
  sheet. See your class calendar for this tasks
  due date.

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