Курс 2 семестр. 1. Who else participated in drawing up the Declaration?

1. Who else participated in drawing up the Declaration?

2. What was the inclusion of both civil and political rights and economic, social and cultural rights based on?

3. Why did Western States fight for division of the Universal Declaration into two covenants?

4. When were two covenants adopted by the UN?

5. What is the difference between the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Universal Declaration?

6. What are the most significant human rights instruments?

7. What are the principal regional Human Rights instruments?

8. What is the status of the United Nations?

9. What bodies are human rights primarily governed by?

10. What is the most senior body of the UN with regard to human rights?

11. What mandate has he Human Rights Council? When was the Council created?

12. What body does the Human Rights Council report directly to?

13. What is the final authority for the interpretation of the UN Charter?

14. How many member states sit on the Council?

15. Where is the Human rights Council based?

16. Who are rapporteurs?

17. What are the functions of the rapporteurs?

18. What powers are given to the Security Council by the UN Charter?

19. What has the Security Council been at times criticized for?

20. What organizations are human rights abuses monitored by?

21. In what way do these organizations help enforce human rights laws?

22. What human rights organizations are there in Russia?

23. What do you know about their activity?

24. What are the greatest violations of the right to life?

25. What is genocide?

26. What form does sexual violence against women take during armed conflict?

27. What is sexual violence motivated by?

28. What kinds of torture may be used?

29. What is the aim of torture?

30. Under what circumstances is torture used today?

31. What happens to people detained in connection with conflicts?

32. What measures may be taken against those individuals who pose a threat to those in power?

33. Why is it almost impossible today for states to avoid a public accounting of their human rights violations?