Rules which are made to be followed despite not being written down. ► Expectations for one another
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What are Legal Rights?
Expectations that are supported by the law. ► Eg. Education
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What are Moral Responsibilities?
Expectations created to provide certain roles and duties which can be verbally expressed. NOT LEGAL
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What are Legal Responsibilities?
Expectations and duties created and supported by the law. ► Eg. parents sending a child to school.
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What is Reprocity?
Giving something back in return
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What are Human Rights?
Fundamental rights and freedoms that belong to every single one us.
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What is the UN?
United Nations - international organisations founded in 1945, following WWII. Currently made up of 193 member states, formally 50.
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What does the UN do?
Provides a forum for members to express views, find agreement and solve problems together. Takes action on issues confronting humanity.
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What is the UDHR?
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, formed 1948. Following a traumatic WW2, the issue of the same rights not being universally respected was brought up.
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How did the Human Rights come about?
50 member states came together under Eleanor Roosevelt to devise a list of all the rights that everybody across the world should enjoy.
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What is the UNCRC?
Formed 1989: United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child. ► World leaders recognised that children needed their own rights. Agreed that under 18s often need special care and protection that adults do not.
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How do we Balance Rights?
Some rights might conflict with each other. The right of speaking FREELY conflicts with rights of PRIVACY and SAFETY of family life. The UKHR restricts freedom of speech to resolve conflict in case of personal distress or encouraging hatred for group
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What is Criminal Responsibility?
A criminal act is considered by society as wrong and damaging to other individuals/society as a whole. To be held guilty, the person must understand what they have done is wrong.
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Who is usually not held responsible for Criminal Acts?
Young children and people unable to control their actions (ie Mental illness).
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What is Rights of Responsibility?
Right to have somebody help you by speaking on your behalf; people arrested in the UK have the right to independent legal support.
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What is the Magna Carta?
"The Great Charter" - created in 1215 and authorised by King John.
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What is Clause 39 in the Magna Carta?
No man shall be stripped of his dignity, respect or possessions,or outlawed; and nor shall the king order for there to be forces taken against him. He can only be judged by his equals as followed by the law.
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What is Clause 40 in the Magna Carta?
We will not sell, deny or delay justice or right to anyone.
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Act 30 of UDHR
No one shall take away these rights from us.
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Act 29 of UDHR
We have the duty to other people, and we should protect their rights and freedoms.
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Act 20 of UDHR
The right to work together in peace and defend our rights. Nobody can make us join a group if we don't want to.
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Act 21 of UDHR
The right to take part in the government, choose their own leader and a vote made in secret.
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What are the fundamentals?
Universal; belong to all of us. ► Inalienable; cannot be taken away from us. ► Indivisible & interdependent; governments should not be able to pic and choose which are respected.
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Why should the ACR be rainsed?
"shameful that the UK has the lowest ACR in Europe despite being so
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
What are Legal Rights?
Back
Expectations that are supported by the law. ► Eg. Education
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