Understanding Human Rights : An Exercise Book

Understanding Human Rights: An Exercise Book provides a concise, hands-on roadmap for learning about human rights within a social work context. By illustrating the importance of human rights to the social work profession with understandable explanations and exercises, author Elisabeth Reichert highlights why social workers need to embrace the concept of human rights.

Introduction

vii

Why Human Rights and Social Work?

vii

Human Rights and Law

ix

Purpose of This Book

x

Outline of Book

xi

Teaching Human Rights and Social Work

xiii

What Are Human Rights?

1

(18)

Definition of Human Rights

2

(1)

Three Sets of Human Rights

3

(9)

Human Rights Terms

12

(1)

Enforcement of Human Rights

13

(1)

Exercises

13

(6)

Beginnings of Human Rights

19

(20)

Evolution of the Human Rights Framework

21

(2)

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

23

(4)

Social Workers and Development of Human Rights

27

(1)

Exercises

28

(11)

Building the Foundation: Universal Declaration of Human Rights

39

(20)

Opening Statement

40

(10)

Summary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

50

(1)

Exercises

51

(3)

Taking the Human Rights Temperature of Your Community

54

(5)

Beyond the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

59

(18)

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

60

(5)

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

65

(3)

Conclusion

68

(1)

Exercises

69

(8)

Human Rights and Vulnerable Groups

77

(26)

What Is a Vulnerable Group?

78

(1)

Women as a Vulnerable Group

78

(4)

Children as a Vulnerable Group

82

(3)

Victims of Racism as a Vulnerable Group

85

(1)

Persons With Disabilities as a Vulnerable Group

86

(1)

Persons With HIV-AIDS as a Vulnerable Group

87

(1)

Older Persons as a Vulnerable Group

88

(1)

Gays and Lesbians as a Vulnerable Group

88

(1)

Conclusion

89

(1)

Exercises

89

(14)

Cultural Relativism

103

(16)

Guidelines for Analyzing Cultural Relativism

104

(5)

Cultural Relativism---This Era's Fascism?

109

(2)

Exercises

111

(8)

Human Rights and Ethics

119

(18)

NASW Code of Ethics

120

(1)

IFSW and Ethics

120

(2)

Human Rights and Ethics

122

(5)

Exercises

127

(10)

Social Work Practice and Human Rights

137

(16)

Preliminary Foundation for Applying Human Rights

137

(7)

Exercises

144

(9)

The International Side of Human Rights and Social Work

153

(18)

International Human Rights Issues

155

(7)

Exercises

162

(9)

Conclusion

171

(2)

Appendixes

173

(84)

References

257

(6)

Index

263

(8)

About the Author

271

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