What does it Mean to be Human?
A Perspective on Human Rights
Universe
World
Countries
Local
Personal
To do
nothing
Makes us
part of the
problem
Provide Examples when you felt
your rights were violated
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Abuse of power ie shop lifting
school attendance
police interruptions
freedom of belief
noise violations
Unit 2 Human Rights
• Define
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Rights
Freedoms
Responsibilities
Civil rights
Natural rights
Human Rights
Prejudice
Genocide
Persecution
Racism
Stereotyping
Discrimination
Place the following in Historical order
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The Abolition of Slavery In The US
The Canadian Bill of Rights
The American revolution
The Canadian Charter of rights and Freedoms
The Magna Carta
The English Bill of Rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The formation of the UN
The Treaty of Paris
The Declaration of the rights of Man and of the
Citizen
Use the following Table Format
Date
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Item Country significance
The Canadian Charter of Rights
and Freedoms
• “Entrenched” our rights as Canadians
• No longer just a bill or Statute
• Infringements (violations) must be
remedied by the courts (Supreme Court)
• Issue “Did the Charter give too much power
to a non-elected group of Canadians, and is
this then anti-democratic”
Analysing a Charter Case
(Must follow steps in order)
1 Does the Charter Apply?
2 Has a charter Right or Freedom Been
Infringed?
3 Does the Reasonable Limits Clause Justify
the Infringement?
4 If Not is a Remedy provided Under Section
24?
Does the Charter Apply?
Should the courts hear the case?
* Protects individuals from their own
government
* Section 32 tells what the charter does and
does not cover
* Must first determine if the individual rights
are being trespassed upon by
a) the Federal
b) Provincial
c) Municipal Governments
Ultra Vires - Outside the authority of
Government to Legislate
Intra Vires - Within the authority of
Government to legislate
Has a charter Right or Freedom
Been Infringed?
Does the Reasonable Limits
Clause Justify the Infringement?
If Not is a Remedy provided
Under Section 24?
Enforcement
* May Read Down
* - law still exists but not applied in this case
* May strike Down
* - law is removed from the books
* These laws were put there by elected
officials who follow the will of the people