This is a sample of my presentations for HSC Legal Studies. Please contact me regarding my presentations at adeshipp@hotmail.com

1. Human Rights
Part 2 of the Core - (2) Promoting and
Enforcing Human Rights
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2. Main Syllabus Points
Hint: know your
syllabus and you
will be a step
ahead when it
comes to test time

3. Nation States in the World
State – an independent country. There are 4
main categories:
Defined territory
Permanent population
Effective government
Ability to enter into international
relations
Nation – a people that share common heritage,
language or culture
Arguably 196 countries in the world
193 members of the United Nations
There are 3 missing...
Source:Montevideo convention of nation states 1933 (TREATY)

4. Vatican City
Observer Status of the United
Nations
Yes they have a really small
flag!!!

5. Kosovo
Declared Independence from Serbia
in 2008. Not recognised by the UN
Yes they have
a map of
their land in
their flag!!!

6. Taiwan
Replaced in 1971
by Peoples
Republic of
China (Mainland)
in the UN
Taiwan has an
individual
Olympic team
Has the
characteristics of
a state but its
international
status is disputed.
Some countries
recognise Taiwan
as a state but
China still claims
it as a territory

7. Taiwan Seeks UN

8. South Sudan
Became an official
country on 9th July
2011
3 days later it became the 193rd member
of the United Nations

9. Disputed Areas
Puerto Rico, Bermuda, Greenland,
Palestine(Received observer status
2012), Western Sahara
These areas are sometimes referred
as countries but are controlled by
other nation states
There are also many examples of territory
disputes e.g Kashmir region india, tibet
China, Senkaku islands (Japan-China)

10. Independence South Sudan

11. State Sovereignty
Definition: The supreme, absolute, and uncontrollable power
by which an independent state is governed and from which all
specific political powers are derived; the intentional
independence of a state, combined with the right and power of
regulating its internal affairs without foreign interference
State Sovereignty can either promote or impede human rights
of a country’s citizens

12. What is this picture trying to
show?
Discussion
Point:

13. And These?

14. Finally this......

15. With the ratification of
International
Humanitarian Law human
rights can be protected
in nation states. Some
countries automatically
make IL into DL (France,
Germany, Belgium,
Sweden and The
Netherlands)
Nation States that refuse
to sign International Law
can block certain rights
to be given to their
citizens

16. States without democratic systems may rely on sovereignty as a
legal means to mistreat their own citizens
In 2004, Amnesty International reported that only the
Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Costa Rica do not
violate IHL
Countries with Human Rights Violations
Australia Asylum Seekers, Indigenous People
Russia Chechnya, Prison Torture
China Tibet, Censorship
Rwanda Genocide
Singapore Political Censorship, Capital Punishment
France Police Abuse, Detention conditions
USA Capital Punishment
United Kingdom Racial discrimination, Privacy Issues
Sudan Ethnic Cleansing, Child Soldiers, darfur
Israel Palestine, The Wall

17. Human Rights Report USA