IB Global Politics: Human Rights Unit Review Questions & 100% Correct Answers | Latest Update | Graded A+

ICC : International Criminal Court UNDUHR : United Nations Declaration of Universal Human Rights ICESCR : International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights ICCPR : International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ICJ : International Court of Justice What are positive Rights? : They are rights to something, to do, to hold 2 | P a g e What are negative Rights? : They are rights from something What are human Rights? : - 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 : Unable to be taken away from or given away Indivisible : Unable to be divided or separated Why is it called Human Rights? : Originally it was called the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Man, but the idea of Human Rights was coined by Eleanor