Unit 10.10: Human Rights Violations

Human Rights Violations

Since the Holocaust, human rights violations have generated worldwide attention and concern. The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights has provided a set of principles to guide efforts to protect threatened groups and has served as a lens through which historical occurrences of oppression can be evaluated.

Lesson #1: Universal Declaration of Human Rights

What is the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

Lesson #2: International Organizations

What is the International Criminal Court? What purpose does it serve?

Lesson #3: Augusto Pinochet

What human rights violations were committed under Augusto Pinochet?

Lesson #4: Slobodan Milošević

What human rights violations were committed under Slobodan Milošević? Which articles of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights were violated?

Lesson #5: Cambodia

What led to the Cambodian genocide? What human rights violations were committed during it?

Lesson #6: Rwanda

What led to the Rwandan genocide? What human rights violations were committed during it?

Lesson #7: Darfur

What led to the genocide in Darfur? What human rights violations were committed during it?

Lesson #8: Review