Chapter 7 key concepts

Learning objectives

• Our goal in this chapter is to provide you with an introduction to the twin topics of human rights and human security.
• The promotion of human rights has become a leading issue of global politics. 
• This chapter explores history of the topic from its European origins to globalized version of the early twenty-first century. It examines some of the motivations of human rights groups, the tools they employ and the methods that states have used to promote human rights.
• You will learn about state responsibility to intervene in other states that abuse human rights.

Key concepts and terms

• Arab Spring
• Charter rights
• Common security
• Human development
• Human rights
• Human security
• Humanitarian intervention
• Humanitarian intervention and state sovereignty
• Liberal account of rights
• Natural law
• Nonintervention
• Origins of the term human rights
• Origins of the term human security
• Standards of civilization
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights