Human Rights - Globalization101

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1Human Rights Contents I. Introduction: What are Human Rights ? ........................................ ........................................ 3 Origins of Human Rights ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ ............................... 3 Three Generations of Human Rights ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ ....... 6 Major Ideological Tensions within Human Rights Doctrine ........................................ .............. 8 Negative vs. Positive Rights ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ ......................... 8 Rights vs. Duties.

Socio-economic human rights similarly include two subtypes: norms pertaining to the provision of goods meeting social needs (for example, nutrition, shelter, health care, education) and norms pertaining to the provision of goods meeting economic needs (for example, work and fair wages, an adequate living standard, a social security net).

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