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Unit 7 International Institutions and Human Rights - BTEC Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma in Public Services

Assignment: Human Rights, Violation of Rights and the Actions of International Institutions Seeking to Uphold Rights.

Scenario:

As a human rights representative in the public services, you have been asked to outline human rights conventions and legislation and the role of UK and international organisations in upholding these rights.

Produce a poster outlining the key features in summary of the following Legislation:
• Geneva Convention
• Universal Declaration of Human rights 1948
• European Convention on Human Rights
• UK Human Rights Act 1998.
You need to consider civil and political rights e.g. right to life and liberty, freedom of expression; economic, social and cultural rights e.g. right to food, right to work, right to education.

Explain how human rights can be violated. For this you need to include an example of:
• torture
• extra-judicial killings
• ethnic cleansing
• genocide
• war crimes

For the above examples include how any two international institutions have responded to each violation.

You are required to bring together the concepts of rights and violations of rights from P2 and P3 and analyse the role of the UK in upholding international rights. Include also the role of the UK armed forces, as well as UK participation in the UN and NATO and the role of activities like trade and sporting sanctions.

Evaluate the role of any four international institutions in upholding human rights (as completed in P3). In your evaluation include also a historical perspective from 1948 and provide specific examples to illustrate. This can be in the form of a timeline with evaluation.

Attachment:- International Institutions and Human Rights.rar