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1
Q

Name some of the UDHR

A
Entitled to rights and freedom
No one subjected to torture/cruelty
Rest and leisure 
No one subjected to slavery 
Education
2
Q

What are 3 ways turkey shows violation of the human rights

A

Law bans insults to president, his faith, and politics
President wants to prosecute comedian for writing satirical poem about him
4 members of an Islamic sect were kidnapped after inspiring coup d’etat against the president

3
Q

U.K. integrated ECHR into what

A

Human rights act 1998 as a basis but ratified before

4
Q

Some see ECHR as what

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Erosion of national sovereignty as the European court may override national courts’ decisions

5
Q

Who hasn’t signed the UDHR and why

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Saudi Arabi
Too westernised
Conservative Islamic beliefs