Wanderinnngg, Thoughts , opinions please (1 Viewer)

[wandering17]

I was starting to make my notes for year 12 pretty early, and one the syllabus points for Human rights is

'Outline how human rights have changed and developed over time.'

How many words would you suggest this would be, since you must include

The natural Law doctrine
Documents -Magna Carta, dec of rights, indep and rights of man and the citizen
All the movements - slavery, trade unionism and labour rights, universal suffrage, universal edu,self det,enviro rights andpeace rights.....

thanks

 

[Myans]

Do not include a discussion of specific rights e.g. the "movements" - that is a separate syllabus dot point.

That question you have quoted has appeared in past trial papers for a mark in the range of 3-4. So you could speak about a number of things:
- HR inevitably flow from philosophical movements that believed in 'Natural Law' - the idea that certain laws come from an unchanging ‘natural’ body of moral principles as the basis for all human conduct. Originally espoused by Greek philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle.
- Magna Carta 1215 - first attempt to codify human rights in the UK
- Various bills of rights: English Bill of Rights 1689, American Declaration of Independence 1776, French Declaration of the rights of Man 1789
- Modern world wars were the catalyst for various human rights instruments and the proliferation of human rights discourse - formation of United Nations, codification of International Human Rights Law, UDHR 1948.

A sentence on each would be a mark each in an exam.

Hope this helps