Rights and Responsibilities

Quiz

Student Name: Ahmad Elshebli.

Please choose the correct answer by changing the color to red

1. The earliest document outlining universal human rights in modern times is known as
I. The hamourabi text
II. The universal Declaration of human rights
III. The Convention on the Rights of the Child

2. When a country express interest in the principles of a convention but do not wish to legally
bound and commit, they can:
I. Sign the convention
II. Ratify the convention
III. Make reservations

3. Living in extreme poverty means

I. Living on less than $ 1.9 a day
II. Having access to food but no shelter
III. Not having a formal job

4. When someone is forced to leave their country to a neighboring country in an attempt to

resettle in another, they are known as
I. Refugees
II. Migrant worker
III. Asylum- Seeker

5. Vulnerable groups is a term that refers to

I. Individuals and groups which are at higher risk of poverty and social exclusion
II. Includes women, children, elderly, minorities, people with disabilities
III. All of the above
Question Two: Please identify which rights are being violated in the following scenarios.

Scenario one: X country’s military commander banned all trade unions and their activities.

Banning all trade unions and their activities is a violation of their right to work, freedom of expression
and their right to think and say what they want and their right to be free and their right that no one
can take their human rights.

Scenario two: During her probationary period at work (three months according to labour law), Lara
discovered that she was pregnant. Her employer immediately denounced the contract and asked her
to leave.

Denouncing her contract and asking her to leave because she is pregnant is a violation of her right of
work, getting married/ having children, and her right to be free from discrimination (gender
discrimination) and their right to be free and their right that no one can take their human rights.

Question three: Although slavery was abolished in the 19h century, it remains a pressing human rights
violation in our current times. Please discuss this statement keeping in mind what you learned in
class.

There are many forms and types that can be enlisted under the name of slavery such as; human
trafficking, forced and early marriage, state sponsored forms of exploitation and much more. Until this
day some types of these forms are still happening like human trafficking by using people or recruit
them to labour, forced marriage or removing organs. State sponsored slaver and an important
example of it, is a prison in china called laogai that contains more than a thousand prisoners being
salves to increase the country’s economic. And it shows that 1 in each 4 people are children and three
quarters are women or girls. Talking about Jordan specifically they came up with anti- trafficking law
in 2009 and modified it in 2021. That shows the affect that slavery still until this day and more serious
measures needs to be taken in order to stop it.