Exam 13: The Battle on Behalf of Human Rights

President Trump came under heavy criticism for his remarks that seemed to equate neo-Nazis with those who protested against them in __________________ in 2017.

In 2013 ____________________________revealed stolen documents indicating questionable surveillance operations of the National Security Agency on U.S. citizens.

The secretary of state under President Jimmy Carter who argued that a strong human rights policy was in the interest of the United States was ______.

Which of the following statements is incorrect?

The massive ethnic cleansing campaign in 2017 against the Rohingya Muslims occurred in which country?

_______________________ is a well-known nongovernmental organization that works to secure the release of prisoners of conscience.

___________________________ was the principal Balkan country in which ethnic cleansing took place in the mid-1990s.

The sum total of human rights declarations and treaties within the United Nations context is known as the ____________________________.

The North African terrorist group known as _______________________has been known to conduct kidnapping and imprisonment operations specifically targeting women.

In general, it is recognized that the United States has a better human rights record than many other countries, particularly those of a more authoritarian political structure. That does not mean that the United States is free of human rights problems. Discuss some of these problems and how they might be addressed.

Three ad hoc international criminal tribunals were established after 1990 to deal with war crimes carried out in _________________, ____________ and ____________________.

Which of the following is an example of post-Cold War genocidal behavior resulting in the killing of over half a million people?

In which of the following countries was apartheid--the official government policy of separation of the races--practiced?

In which U.S. Supreme Court case did the Court declare that "in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place because separate educational facilities are inherently unequal"?

Which of the following statements with regard to human rights is correct?

What is your understanding of freedom? Of human rights? How does your understanding of freedom and human rights compare with the definitions provided by the authors?

It has been estimated that between 1 and 2 million people out of a total population of 7 million were killed during the reign of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge regime in which country?

Can a new world order be devised that would permit human rights violations to be overcome or dealt with at national, regional, and global levels? Defend your position.

Which alternative approach to freedom and human rights do you find most persuasive? Why?

The belief in male superiority is known as ______________________.