Article Discussions

What we thought we could use:

• Donelly- rights are socially constructed. How does this apply to rights where we're from versus the rights in the country (countries) we choose to do our project on?

• Fein-- Do we intervene? If we do, do we push our agenda?
• Ranking of rights defined by culture. Example: Do they think the right to their land           is greater than the right to Palestinian life?
  
• How far can you go with your own right before it infringes on someone else's? Example we discussed: Is the US right to land more important than the immigrants right to pursuit of happiness? 

            

The documentary I was talking about in class is called Good Fortune. If you guys are able to find it and have time to watch it sometime, it really relates to our topic.

Guantanamo Bay

In our group we primarily focused our discussion on Fein's cultural differences in perception of human rights and how that applies to treatment of detainees from the perspective of those from Middle Eastern and Western cultures.

Darfur

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjkKwQU6ERI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kiz7d1t34Go&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie2jyPEJmss&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPOyl7BLO10&feature=related

I watched all of these videos which some are better than others...I would like you guys to watch them as well when you get the chance. I am sure we could use one of these videos to really catch our audience's attention.

Darfur

Hey guys, here is a little over few from the United Human Rights Council...its a start

http://www.unitedhumanrights.org/genocide/genocide-in-sudan.htm

AIDS Group Post 1

In our discussion, we talked about how rights are defined. We came to the conclusion that defining rights is subjective and rights are socially constructed. Here in America, we have a general list of rights but this list is probably different from another nation's list of rights. We agreed that understanding the definition of human right is an essential foundation for I204.

Article Discussions

Donelly article:
Human rights seek to fuse moral vision and political practice
Government is principle violator and essential protector
       Look into government role in the developing countries
Human rights treat people as creative agents with the right to shape their own life
       Victims should decide own path
Rights are based on needs

Howard and Donelly:
Human Rights should stem from respect of individual regardless of role in society

Fein:
Human rights originally for the elite to protect their power
        Corporations seem to still think like this

Look into corporations reasons for going into these countries
Means justify cost

Human Trafficking Post

Because there are no human rights that are globally accepted, some countries have rights to protect people from human trafficking, and some countries do not. Some countries do not respond to it as a crime and a problem, but look at it as a way to profit. Even in the United States, where it is said to be illegal, Human Trafficking still takes place because it is seen as a business and produces a profit.

Instructions: Labels

Class,

Please remember to label your action group posts with the label. You need to click on the Labels tab on the right side of the create post screen. Then click on your label and hit done.

Please let me know if you have questions. Also, additional instructions are below on the blog.

Thanks,

J Hunter

Course Syllabus 8/20/12

https://docs.google.com/open?id=1JpahJZ7pO1cWL8AbebiW546c9N4xwMyH_DtAsQPVbfnWefgBOIDFziqTLCQD

Instructions

Every Student Must Use a "Label" to apply his or her post to the correct action group. If you do not do this, your post will get lost in the home page (http://i204fall2012b.blogspot.com/) and not appear in your Label page linked at the top of the blog.

The Labels for each Action Group are as follows:

AIDS: AIDS as a Human Rights Issue Action Group
CED: Corporate Environmental Destruction Action Group
Darfur: Darfur Action Group
GB: Guantanamo Bay Action Group
HT: Human Trafficking Action Group
Refugee: Refugees Action Group


If you forgot to label your post, then please edit your post and simply add the correct label by selecting it from the list on the right side of the screen.

Thanks,

-JH