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National Public Services

Unit 1 Government, policies and the public services




Where do your rights come from?




Aims

• To identify the human rights of citizens in the UK.

• To outline the key human rights listed in the UDHR.

• To discuss where the principles of rights/ beliefs and values originate.




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 and those that you think are legal rights for citizens in the UK.




Human rights violations

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


• WW2 – concentration camps/mass murder• Bosnia – mass graves/genocide – the genocide that occurred

in Bosnia was the largest European mass murder to occur in Europe since WW2. Bosnian Serb forces committed mass murder of Bosnian Muslims

What examples of situations can you think of where human rights have been violated? Here are some examples:



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.

• 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 of citizens throughout the UK.

• The Act contains 16 rights and freedoms that were identified in the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).




16 rights and freedoms from the Act9. Freedom of expression 10. Freedom of assembly and

association 11. Right to marry12. Prohibition of discrimination13. Protection of property 14. The right to education15. The right to free elections16. Prohibition of the death penalty


1. The right to life 2. Prohibition of torture3. Prohibition of slavery and

forced labour 4. The right to liberty and

security 5. The right to a fair trial6. No punishment without law 7. Right to respect a persons

private and family life 8. Freedom of thought,

conscience and religion



UDHR

Working as a group


Discuss the 30 articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and write on the paper provided what you feel are the 10 most important articles.



Beliefs/values/rights

• Where do you feel that your rights/beliefs and values come from?

• Government • Individual/group beliefs and values • Family and peers • Social structure – hierarchical nature of society

• Ethnic origins




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 and how your beliefs and values have influenced your decisions.

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