Human rights Quiz
Hammurabi's Code
-An eye for an eye is a phrase of hammurabi's code, a collection of 282 laws inscribed on an upright stone pillar -Hammurabi is best known and most celebrated of all mesopotamian kings. -He ruled babylonian empire from 1792-50 bc -When he began ruling the city state of babylon, he had control of more than 50 square miles of territory -As he conquered other city-states and his empire grew, he saw the need to unify the various groups he controlled -He knew that to unify various groups he could achieve this goal by having one universal set of laws -He then sent people to find the existing laws, with those he reviewed, changed and eliminated before making a list of 282 laws -Hammurabi tried to get the point across that he wanted to make justice in the land and to destroy all of the wicked people -most of the laws were quite brutal and would not be used today - an example would be chopping of some ones hand -first to write down a code of laws eye for an eye: eye for an eye represents what many people viewed as a harsh sense to justice based on revenge
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
-In 1789 the people of france decide to abolish absolute monarchy and make a french republic -Just 6 weeks after after the fight of trying to abolish monarchy the declaration of human rights was adopted by the national constituent assembly as the first step towards writing a constitution for the republic of france -this document state that all citizens are to be guaranteed the rights of liberty, property, security and resistance to oppression
natural law
-Many people naturally followed laws even when they weren't told to - These laws were then sometimes trampled by people in power
The Quran
-The Quran is the islamic religious text -They believe in prayer,purity, and to believe , respect the allah
The US Constitution
-The bill of rights is part of the constitution -the bill of rights is also known as the ten amendments -The bill of rights include freedom to petition, freedom of religion, freedom of assembly, the right to keep and bear arms
The US Declaration of Independence
-The declaration of independence was approved on july 4 1776 -thomas jefferson wrote it -declared independence from britain -2 main themes-rights of individual people and the right of revolution -these ideas spread to other countries
The Ten Commandments
-The laws the god gave moses after leading them out of egypt -The ten comments teaches how to teach others and how to worship
Magna Carta
-The magna carta is viewed as one of the most important legal documents -it was used in the development of modern democracy -it was a crucial turning point in the struggle to establish freedom -led to the constitutional law that we use today -it was established in 1215 after king jon -magna carta rules led to our rules that we fowell today -subjects forced king john of england to sign the document -this document states the rights and privileges of people -Magna carta is an document that say no one can overrule the right of the people even the king -this was made 1215 in england
human rights
-The rights you have simply because you are human -Deserve to live freely and to speak and say what you feel -Human rights apply to everyone no matter what gender or religion -Everyone should have human rights universal
Cyrus Cylinder-Cyrus the Great
-cyrus the great was the first king of ancient persia in 539 bc -He freed the slaves,declared that all people had the right to choose their own religion and have racial equality -his laws were then recorded on a clay and now known as the cyrus cylinder and then were translated into six official languages -the cyrus cylinder is the first proof of human rights -cyrus is the first person to be known to make human rights -the writing on the cyrus cylinder was written in akkadian language and the cylinder was made out of baked clay formed into a cylinder
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
article one- "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood" The universal of human rights was adopted by the UN general assembly on december 10 1948, the result of the experience of the second world war. -with the end of world war 2 and the creation of the united nations the international community vowed never again to allow that again . world leaders decided decided to join and to guarantee rights to every individual everywhere.