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.
Through these resources, students will examine the policy of apartheid in South Africa and the growth of the anti-apartheid movements, and explore Nelson Mandela’s role in these movements and in the post-apartheid period.
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Through these resources, students will learn about the historical context for the creation of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, and international organizations who address human rights violations. Students will study several human rights violations and the actions or inaction taken to address them.
Describe what the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights is.
Explain why the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights was written.
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Describe the Nuremberg Trials and Tokyo Trials.
Describe why the Nuremberg Trials and Tokyo Trials were organized.
Explain the impact the Nuremberg Trials and Tokyo Trials had on UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Describe the International Criminal Court.
Describe the purpose of the International Criminal Court.
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Describe the human rights violations committed under Augusto Pinochet.
Describe which articles of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights were violated under Augusto Pinochet.
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Describe the human rights violations committed under Slobodan Milošević.
Identify which articles of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights were violated under Slobodan Milošević and describe how they were violated.
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Explain the historical context for the Cambodian genocide.
Describe the human rights violations that took place during the Cambodian genocide.
Describe role of the international community during the Cambodian genocide.
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Explain the historical context for the Rwandan genocide.
Describe the human rights violations that took place during the Rwandan genocide.
Describe role of the international community during the Rwandan genocide.
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Explain the historical context for the genocide in Darfur.
Describe the human rights violations that took place during the genocide in Darfur.
Describe role of the international community during the genocide in Darfur.
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