The Status of Human Rights

What is the status of human rights in a globalizing world?

Along with economic prosperity, has globalization expanded the respect and protection of human rights for all citizens in a globalizing world?

 

Eleanor Roosevelt holds the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948

Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948: a statement of the recognition of the rights that all persons should have

This declaration is symbolic of the commitment of countries to guarantee these rights for all citizens.

Read

Read pages 327 to 334 in Perspectives on Globalization about human rights, democratization, and globalization.

Internet

The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights website provides information about human rights for all United Nations member countries. Choose at least three member countries and read the concluding observations of the Human Rights Committee for each one.

Assignment

Please complete your The Status of Human Rights in a Globalizing World Assignment at this point.