Exam 7: Human Rights and Human Security

The International Criminal Court was established on July 1, 2002, with its headquarters in _______, although its proceedings may take place _______.

Define human development in 40 words or fewer.

What force has made it more difficult for leaders to assert that national cultural norms are more important than global standards of behavior?

"Asian values," as a response to Western "human rights," places prime importance on

_______ is the notion that, until all people are secure from threats of war, no one is secure.

Which UN organ has the responsibility to monitor human rights violations?

Where did the modern concept of individual human rights develop?

A nineteenth-century European discourse about which values and norms made a country "civilized" or "uncivilized" was called

How has the "standards of civilization" argument been used by Western nations to justify relations with the rest of the world? Does the "civilization versus savagery" problem continue to affect international relations? How?

What concept asserts that there are common moral standards that govern all human relations and that these common standards can be discerned by the application of reason to human affairs?

Genocidal violence has occurred in which of the following countries in the 1990s?

What is meant by "Asian values," and what was it a response to?

Booth contends that we may not be able to agree about what constitutes _______ but we can probably agree on what is _______.

When political power interests are disguised as humanitarianism, this can lead to

In which internal conflict was R2P successfully invoked?

_______ is the belief that no one is secure until all people are secure from threats of war.

List at least five states that are sources of refugee flows.

What is the most common kind of conflict after 1991?

What is the term used for including nonmilitary matters in security studies?

Briefly describe three advances in attaining progress toward human security objectives.