Activity 1 - What is the global rights regime?

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Activity Tasks

1. Examine - Download, read, and make notes from the Lesson Presentation. What is the global rights regime?
2. Read - Read pages 464-470 of this book extract about the role and nature of the global human rights regime.
3. Identify - Use the above reading and the Lesson Presentation to help you complete this worksheet.
4. Discuss - From what you have explored so far, to what extent is the current global human rights regime effective?

Activity 2 - What are regional regimes?

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Activity Tasks

1. Watch - Examine this video about the European Court of Human Rights. What powers does the court have to monitor and protect human rights?
2. Research - Using this report or this website, or any other sources of information, complete the following comparison table by researching the various regional human rights regimes that currently exist:
   1. ​Europe
      
   2. Africa
   3. Americas
   4. Middle East
   5. Asia
   6. Oceania
3. Discuss - Which seems to be the strongest regional human rights regime? Which is the weakest regime? What accounts for the differences in effectiveness between regional human rights regimes?

Activity 3 - Does global monitoring work?

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Activity Tasks

1. Explore - In groups, download and share a copy of this worksheet. Your task is to explore the case study of the human rights of the Rohingya in Myanmar. You will examine how effective international monitoring has been.
2. Select - As a group, review the following sources about the Rohingya crisis and use the information presented to help you complete your worksheets:
   1. Rohingya emergency and interactive overview
   2. UNHCR report on the crisis
   3. Myanmar's Hollow Denial of Rape of Rohingya
   4. Everything you need to know about human rights in Myanmar
   5. Why bilateral initiatives with Myanmar have failed
   6. Why No Humanitarian Intervention in the Rohingya Crisis? 
3. Discuss - What has been more effective in addressing this crisis - the multilateral response led by the UN or bilateral responses led by other states?

Further Reading

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OBLIGATORY READING

1. Murphy, R. & Gleek, C. (2016). Pearson Baccalaureate: Global Politics, pp. 31, 38-41

RECOMMENDED READING

1. Baylis, J. (2011). The Globalisation of World Politics - An Introduction to International Relations, pp. 463-478

SUPPLEMENTAL READING

1. Heywood, A. (2011), Global Politics, pp. 309-315

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