HHRI Case studies Flashcards
(32 cards)
What are three HPI scores?
Costa Rica 62.1
UK 56.0
Zimbabwe- 28.6
What did UNESCO say about education?
60 million children do not have access
Who was the girl that was shot in the head by Taliban?
Mala Yousafazi- campaigned for girls rights to education- now at Oxford
Who has the highest life expectancy?
Japan 85
Western Europe live 10 years longer than Eastern
What are the life expectancy variations within UK?
UK ONS- male 79.1, female 82.8
North East- 77.62, 81.51
London- 80.29, 84.33
Aboriginal Australians
-non indigenous males live 10.6 years longer
-females 9.5
-discrimination since British colonisation in 1788
Aus gov accepted from 1967
Give me 4 government characteristics
UK- full democracy
10% education 10% health
Romania- flawed democracy
8% education, 6% health
Kenya- hybrid regime
5% on both
Russia- Authoritarian regime
9%/7%
What is UDHR
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
1948
30 universal rights
193 member states
Not agreed- Saudi (conversion)
South Africa (apartheid)
What is ECHR
European convention of human rights
1953 by Council of Europe
59 rights
700m people
46 member states
Why was UK Human rights act 1988 brought to UK
to seek justice in British Court
repeat from public bodies
no religious discrimination in the work place
However- prevents UK deporting terrorists
can be overturned by European Court
What is the Geneva Convention?
Four
196 countries
2015- Amnesty reported 141 countries signed had allegations of torture
International Criminal Court holds trials
What happened to Charles Taylor?
held on trial at ICC- sentenced to 50 years for war crimes- recruited 15 year old child soldiers
What happened to Russias imports in 2022?
2020 UK passed a law to be able to enforce sanctions on those abusing human rights- sanctioned Russia over Ukraine war
What percentage countries are not free?
30%
Scandinavian freest
China, Russia- not
China v India- freedom
China- authoritarian, no voting, limited internet freedom, 3/4 global executions per year
India- democracy, everyone over 18 can vote, freedom of speech but gov can limit if security risk, concerns over sexual violence
Corruption in countries
Global Corruption Index
196 countries
Syria most
Scandinavian peninsula least
5% Global GDP spent corruptly
What is an example of a post-colonial country with human rights abuses?
Women in Pakistan
part of British India until 1947
female literally rates 46% vs male 69%
honour killings, child and forced marriages
Indigenous of USA
2% Native
discrimination since European colonisation
average income - $39k (US is 56k)
1m live on reservations- limited resources and services underfunded
1/3 higher die from diabetes
Indigenous in South America
Latin 13%
tribes around Amazon basin
14% live under 1.90 a day in Brazil
Gender inequality in Afghanistan
between 1992 and 2001 Taliban control- progress made after
2021- retook control
UN gave 4.3m to medical care for women
ATSI people of Australia
efforts made to reduce discrimination
Aus gov- 20% increase in ATSI children leaving high school
however- rights to restore land not been given
What happened in Libya 2011?
UK and France airstrikes on Libyan government to protect civilians
government killed hundreds civilians who protested against Gaffafis government
led to new gov- remain unstable
Development aid in Haiti
HDI 163/191
$12b aid to provide emergency shelters after 2010 earthquake (1.5m homeless)
after 2 years- 500k still homeless, only 40% aid spent
Development aid for Malaria
90% cases in sub-Saharan Africa
Nets for life- global death rate fell by 25% preventing 6.2m deaths
