Eng Conversation Script
Eng Conversation Script
Eng Conversation Script
2022.12.19. MON
Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, regardless of race, sex, nationality, ethnicity,
language, religion, or any other status. Human rights include the right to life and liberty, freedom from
slavery and torture, freedom of opinion and expression, the right to work and education, and many
more. Everyone is entitled to these rights, without discrimination. Let’s watch a short video about
‘human rights’.
International human rights law lays down the obligations of Governments to act in certain ways or to
refrain from certain acts, in order to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms of
individuals or groups.
One of the great achievements of the United Nations is the creation of a comprehensive body of
human rights law—a universal and internationally protected code to which all nations can subscribe
and all people aspire. The United Nations has defined a broad range of internationally accepted rights,
including civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights. It has also established mechanisms to
promote and protect these rights and to assist states in carrying out their responsibilities.
The foundations of this body of law are the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the General Assembly in 1945 and 1948, respectively. Since
then, the United Nations has gradually expanded human rights law to encompass specific standards for
women, children, persons with disabilities, minorities and other vulnerable groups, who now possess
rights that protect them from discrimination that had long been common in many societies.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights itself, despite being highly authoritative and respected,
is a declaration, not a hard law. So when individual countries violate it, the mechanisms to
address those violations are weak. For example, the main bodies within the UN in charge of
protecting human rights mostly monitor and investigate violations, but they cannot force states
to, say, change a policy or compensate a victim. That's why some critics say it's naive to consider
human rights a given in a world where state interests wield so much power. Critics also question
the universality of human rights and emphasize that their development has been heavily guided
by a small number of mostly Western nations to the detriment of inclusiveness.
Resolution
Encourages member states to establish a common platform for the disclosure and exchange of
vital information and also for the purposes of raising awareness through methods such as:
a. promoting an international cooperation system using ways such as but not limited to:
ii. activating online petition websites such as that of Korea’s official petition
b. making cooperative efforts to increase the citizens’ awareness by methods such as but
not limited to:
peaceful protestors,