Human Rights

Genghis Khan
Negative Article 3.

Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person

Responsible for deaths of at least 40 million people

Census from the Middle Ages show that the population of

China plummeted by tens of millions during Khans lifetime

Mongols attacks may have reduced the entire world

population by as much as 11 percent
Negative
Article 18.

has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion

Enslaved people of other religions

Would not allow them to follow their own customs.

Negative
Article 5.

No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or

degrading treatment or punishment

Had his men use captured enemies as body shields in

combat
Positive
Article 16.

(2) Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full
consent of the intending spouses

Made it law that no women sold into marriage

Positive
Article 1.

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
Declared all children legitimate, no matter mother
Positive
Article 3.

Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person

Outlawed tradition of kidnapping women
Discussion Question
Do the positive impacts he made for women and children in
his society make up for the lives he took?