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PART III - DOCUMENT-BASED QUESTION
This question is based on
the accompanying documents (1-8). This question
is designed to test your ability to work with historical documents. Some of
these documents have been edited for this question. As you analyze the
documents, take into account both the source and any point of view that
may be presented in the document.
Historical Context:
Despite the horrors of the
Holocaust, abuses of human rights have
continued in the post-World War II era.
Task:
Using information from the
documents and your knowledge of global
history, answer the questions that follow each document in Part A.
Your answers to the questions will help you write the Part B essay in which you
will be asked to:
- Describe examples of human
rights abuses in the post World War
II
era
- Discuss efforts that the
world community has made to eliminate
these human rights abuses.
PART A - SHORT-ANSWER
QUESTIONS
Document 1
| Universal Declaration of
Human Rights Article 1 - All
human beings are born free and equal in dignity and
rights.
Article 3 -Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person
Article 4 -No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and
the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.
Article 5 - No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman
or degrading treatment or punishment.
Article - 9 No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or
exile.
Article 13 - 1. Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and
residence within the borders of each State.
2. Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own,
and to return to his country.
Article 14 - Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other
countries asylum from persecution.
Article 15 -Everyone has the right to a nationality.
Article 18 - Everyone has the right to freedom of thought,
conscience and religion.
Article 20 - Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and
expression.
Article 21 - Everyone has the right to take part in the government
of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives. |
State two human rights listed in
this document. [2]
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