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Pearson Education Ltd, 2010

National Public Services

Unit 1Government, policies and the public services

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Where do your rights come from?

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Aims

To identify the human rights of citizens in the UK

To outline the key human rights in the UDHR

To discuss where the principles of rights/beliefs andvalues originate

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Activity: Our human and legal rights

Working as a group

Read through the list of rights provided.

Divide the list into what you think are human rights andthose that you think are legal rights for citizens in the UK.

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Human v legal rights

What are the differences between a human right

and a legal right?

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Human rights violations

What examples of situations can you think of where

human rights have been violated?

Here are some examples:

Second World War concentration camps/mass murder

Bosnia mass graves/genocide (The genocide that

occurred was the largest European mass murder to occurin Europe since the Second World War. Bosnian Serb

forces committed mass murder of Bosnian Muslims)

genocide is the deliberate and systematic destruction of an ethnic/religious/national group

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ECHR The European Convention on Human Rights was established in 1950

by the Council of Europe to protect the fundamental human rights

and freedoms of its people (although the rights were established in

British law before the Act).

It consists of 30 articles that outline the fundamental human rights of

the peoples of Europe

Human Rights Act 1998

The Human Rights Act 1998 outlines the basic human rights ofcitizens throughout the UK.

The Human Rights Act contains 16 rights and freedoms that were

identified in the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

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The 16 rights and freedoms in the HumanRights Act 1998

1. The right to life

2. Prohibition of torture

3. Prohibition of slavery andforced labour

4. The right to liberty and security

5. The right to a fair trial

6. No punishment without law

7. Right to respect a persons

private and family life8. Freedom of thought, conscience

and religion

9. Freedom of expression

10. Freedom of assembly and

association11. Right to marry

12. Prohibition of discrimination

13. Protection of property

14. The right to education

15. The right to free elections

16. Prohibition of the death penalty

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Activity: Universal Declarationof Human Rights

one of the highest expressions of the human conscience

of our time (Pope John Paul II, 1995)

Working as a group

Discuss the 30 articles of the UDHR and write what you

feel are the 10 most important articles.

Do you agree with the statement from the Pope?

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Beliefs/values/rights

Where do you feel that your rights/beliefs and values

come from?

Government, legal tradition

Individual/group beliefs and values

Family and peers

Social structure/hierarchical nature of society

Ethnic origins, culture History

Religion

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Activity: Individual and group beliefs

Working as a group

Discuss the scenarios that you have been provided with.

State what you would do in the situations described andhow your beliefs and values have influenced your

decisions.

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