10.10 Human Rights Violations

10.10 Human Rights Violations

  • ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

    How have human rights been violated and how have international organizations attempted to address them?

    Unit Essential Question:
    How have people's human rights been violated in the 20th century? How have individuals, nations, and the international community responded to human rights violations?
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  • HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS: Since the Holocaust, human rights violations have generated worldwide attention and concern. The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights has provided a set of principles to guide efforts to protect threatened groups and has served as a lens through which historical occurrences of oppression can be evaluated.