When Technology and Humanity Cross Flashcards
major conflict prompted the need for UDHR
World War II
human rights
rights that all people have simply because they are human
means that human rights cannot be taken away
inalienable
central idea of declaration
human rights should be protected
international peacekeeping organization that created the UDHR
United Nations
the former first lady that chaired the UN Commission on Human Rights
Eleanor Roosevelt
number of articles in UDHR
30 articles
date of the UDHR
December 10, 1948
an approach that centers on the principles and standards of human rights, with a focus on ensuring that all people have access to their fundamental human rights
Human Rights-Based Approach
goal of UDHR
to promote the rights and freedoms of all individuals around the world
proposed the UDHR
United Nations General Assembly
Article 27
“Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author.”
number of member states of UN in favor of creating UDHR
48
wrote the ‘Why the Future Doesn’t Need Us?’
Bill Joy
an article written by Bill Joy (then Chief Scientist at Sun Microsystems) in the April 2000 issue of Wired magazine
Why the Future Doesn’t Need Us?
