. International Institutions and Human Rights
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BTEC Assignment Brief
Qualification | BTEC Level 3 Extended subsidiary Diploma in Public Services (9 Unit) |
Unit or Component number and title | Unit 7. International Institutions and Human Rights |
Assignment title | Assignment 2: Human Rights, Violation of Rights and the Actions of International Institutions Seeking to Uphold Rights. |
Assessor | Juliet Hatchell |
Hand out date | 08.12.20 |
Hand in deadline | 16.12.20 (Final) |
Vocational Scenario or Context |
Scenario: As a human rights representative in the public services, you have been asked to outline human rights conventions and legislation and the role of UK and international organisations in upholding these rights. |
All tasks Due: 05.01.21 |
Task 1 (P2) Poster Produce a poster outlining the key features in summary of the following Legislation: Geneva Convention Universal Declaration of Human rights 1948 European Convention on Human Rights UK Human Rights Act 1998. You need to consider civil and political rights e.g. right to life and liberty, freedom of expression; economic, social and cultural rights e.g. right to food, right to work, right to education. Task 2 (P3) Word processed document Task 3 (M2) Word processed document Indicative reading for learners Journals The Economist International Defence Review The New Statesman Time Magazine Websites Amnesty www.amnesty.org.uk Foreign and Commonwealth Office www.fco.gov.uk Gateway to the European Union europa.eu/index_en.htm Greenpeace www.greenpeace.org.uk Human Rights Watch www.hrw.org Human Rights Web www.hrweb.org Islamic Human Rights Commission www.ihrc.org Liberty www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) www.nato.int United Nations www.un.org Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) www.un.org/en/documents/udhr UN Human Rights www.un.org/rights |
Checklist of evidence required | Word processed document, poster |
Criteria covered by this task: | |
P2 | Outline the key features of the Geneva Convention, Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), European Convention on Human Rights, Human Rights Act 1998 |
P3 | Explain how human rights may be violated and the ways international institutions respond to such violations. |
M2 | Analyse the role of the UK in upholding international human rights. |
D1 | Evaluate the role of international institutions in upholding human rights. |
Other assessment materials attached to this Assignment Brief |
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