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23 Cards in this Set
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Totalitarian governments
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governments that try to control all of most of civil society
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Constitutional governments
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governments that reserve a large space for civil society to act independently
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Authoritarian states
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states that typically restrict civil rights in key sectors of society such as political parties and the media but allow some independent activities in commerce and other areas
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Civil rights
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rights for participants in civil society, regarded in democratic societies as existing before government and as inalienable by governments
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Regionalism
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rights for participants in civil society, regarded in democratic societies as existing before government and as inalienable by governments
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Transnational nongovernmental organizations (TNGOs)
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international not-for-profit advocacy organizations typically independent of and not founded by governments
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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a UN declaration in 1948 prescribing the obligations of states to individuals rather than of individuals to states
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UN Human Rights Commission
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the commission that drafted and implements the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, passed by the UN as a nonbinding resolution in 1948
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UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
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a major organ of the UN General Assembly; among other things, until 2006 it elected the members of the UN Human Rights Commission based on geographic representation
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UN Human Rights Council
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2006 successor of the UN Human Rights Commission
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UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
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a 1979 UN convention broadly prohibiting all discrimination against women to which 185 members are parties and 8 (including the United States) have yet to ratify
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UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
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a UN convention adopted in 1989 to protect the rights of children, defined as anyone under eighteen years of age unless adult status has been attained earlier under national law , to life, to freedom from abuse, and to food, shelter, education, conscience (including religion), and participation in the community
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Council of Europe (CE)
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the oldest (founded in 1949) and broadest (forty-seven member countries) organization working for European integration, focusing on legal standards and the protection of human rights, democratic development, and the rule of law in Europe
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European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
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the convention adopted by the Council of Europe in 1950 that establishes basic protections that block governments from violating citizens’ rights to due process (legal rights, trial by jury, and so on) and political participation
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European Court of Human Rights
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the court, established under the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of 1950, that enforces compliance with the convention’s stipulations
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American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man
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the world’s first international human rights instrument of a general nature, adopted by the nations of the Americas in April 1948
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Inter-American Convention on Human Rights
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an international human rights instrument adopted by th nations of the Americas in 1969; its purpose is to report, investigate, and conduct diplomacy to protect and promote human rights in Latin America.
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Inter-American Court of Human Rights
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the court charged with implementing the inter-American Convention on Human Rights
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ICESCR
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International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights
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ICCPR
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International Covenant on Civil and political Rights
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AI
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Amnesty International
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WWF
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World Wildlife Fund
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TNC
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Transnational Corporation
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