This theme provides an opportunity to develop an understanding of the local, national, international and global dimensions of political activity, as well as offering a chance to explore political themes affecting all of our lives. For many people, the state exists as the central unit in global politics, but the state exists in many forms and with a variety of different systems of government. There has been a shift towards a system of global governance in which emerging international institutions have sought to create a body of international law. This covers almost all elements of the interaction between these states, including human rights recognition and protection. Despite the seemingly distant, global nature of much of this development, the individual, or maybe even global citizen, can and does still does make a difference.
1.1 HUMAN RIGHTS
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Human rights
1.3a) Human rights; Universal Declaration of Human Rights; the nature and type of human rights from civil and political to economic, social and cultural.
LO:
To understand the historical development of human rights.
To investigate different kinds of rights and be able to explain their significance.
LO:
To understand the historical development of human rights.
To investigate different kinds of rights and be able to explain their significance.
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International law
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•To understand the role of the United Nations in shaping international law.
•To investigate why international laws and institutions are needed, and how they impact on states and people’s everyday lives.
•To consider how international laws are made, and how they differ from agreements.
Task: Researching International courts
1.Why is there a need for international courts?
2.Why do you think some counties are opposed to the courts?
3.Use the information from the textbook, the resources on the weeblyand your own research to create a fact file explaining the work and responsibilities of each court.
4.Do you think international courts are always effective? Why or why not?
•To investigate why international laws and institutions are needed, and how they impact on states and people’s everyday lives.
•To consider how international laws are made, and how they differ from agreements.
Task: Researching International courts
1.Why is there a need for international courts?
2.Why do you think some counties are opposed to the courts?
3.Use the information from the textbook, the resources on the weeblyand your own research to create a fact file explaining the work and responsibilities of each court.
4.Do you think international courts are always effective? Why or why not?
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Campaigning for international law
LO: To find out the importance of organisations in campaigning for international law
1, Protection of indigenous people
Why is it important for Survival international to protect the cultural traits of a tribe such as the Jarawa?
How are tribes such as this being influence under international law?
How can the work of Survival international be seen as civil society action or as a NGO?
LO: To find out the importance of organisations in campaigning for international law
1, Protection of indigenous people
Why is it important for Survival international to protect the cultural traits of a tribe such as the Jarawa?
How are tribes such as this being influence under international law?
How can the work of Survival international be seen as civil society action or as a NGO?
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2. Climate activism
Consider examples where social movements have successfully exerted pressure on international law-makers resulting in a legislative change, e.g. 20th century progress towards environmental law.
Exam practice
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