Reread paragraph 1 and say about the origin of human rights. Find the answers to the following questions.

1. Права человек - это социально-экономические, политические, культурные и другие возможности свободной жизнедеятельности человека.

2. Наиболее важным естественным правом каждого человека является право на жизнь, и это право охраняется законом.

3. Каждый человек имеет право на свободу мысли, совести и вероисповедания.

4. В четвертой статье Французской Декларации прав человека и гражданина свобода определяется “как возможность делать все, что не приносит вреда другому.”

5. Первым международным документом, провозгласившим перечень прав и свобод, явилась Всеобщая декларация прав человека, принятая 10 декабря 1948 года.

6. 12 июня 1776 года в Билле о правах, который явился введением к конституции американской колонии Виргинии, впервые были провозглашены права человека.

Discussion Points

1. Mention one argument for and against intervention against another country because of its human rights policy.

2. There are three international agreements on human rights. How do they work?

3. Give points for or against the statement that there is no human rights violence in your country.

Extra Activity

Two Cases

Jack Thatcher

Like his father, Jack Thatcher is a jailbird – at the age of 40 he has spent most of his life in prison for various offences of violence and theft. He comes from a broken home, has had no real education and has never had a job. The only way he knows how to make money is by stealing it. When he came out of prison last week, he decided to rob a village post office. During the robbery, the postmaster tried to ring the alarm, so Jack hit him on the head with his gun. At that moment a customer came into the post office. She screamed. In panic, Jack shouted at her to keep quiet. When she continued to scream, he shot her. Jack thought quickly. He took a box of matches from his pocket and set fire to the building, then escaped with the money.

Annette Forbes

Annette Forbes is head of the marketing division of GMS, the com­puter company. She went to university, has a good job and enjoys a happy family. She has always been a ''law-abiding citizen". One day she arrived a little late for work, and had to park her car in a no-parking zone. She took a client out for a business lunch and drank a gin and tonic, half a bottle of wine and a liqueur to celebrate an important new contract. When driving back to work, she was stopped by a policeman, who tested her breath for alco­hol. He told her she had drunk too much and would be disqualified from driving for a year. Annette (who needs her car for her job) suggested he might "forget" about the offence in return for a brand GMC home computer. That afternoon, Annette remembered that she had no more writing-paper at home. As usual, she took a new packet of paper from the office and a box of six pencils.

1. If they are charged and convicted of all their offences, what sentences do you think Jack and Annette will receive?

2. In your opinion, what is the most suitable punishment for Jack and Annette?

3. Do you think they will commit other offences in future?