Below are documents and information for the "Teaching the History of Human Rights" workshop led by Dr. Lloyd Kramer on Saturday October 3rd.
Session I: An Overview: Why and How the History of Human Rights became Important
Kenneth Minogue, History of the Idea of Human Rights
Session II: The Legacies and Contradictions of the American and French Revolutions
American Declaration of Independence, 1776
US Bill of Rights and Amendemnts, 1791-
French Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, 1789
Session III: Nationalism, Abolitionism, and Women’s Rights in the Long Nineteenth Century: Campaigns for Human Rights - and Their Opponents
Seneca Falls Convention, Declaration of Sentiments, 1848
Frederick Douglass, What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?, 1852
Woodrow Wilson, Fourteen Points, 1918
Session IV: Human Rights in the Contemporary World: From the UN Declaration of Rights of the Global War on Terror
United Nations, Universal Declaration on Human Rights, 1948
Nelson Mandela, Speech from the Docks at the Rivonia Trial, 1964 (abridged) - Full text version here
Organization of American States, Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture, 1985
Council of the League of Arab States, Arab Chapter on Human Rights, 1994
Amartya Sen, Human Values and Asian Values, 1997
Dick Cheney, Speech on the Use of Torture to American Heritage Foundation, 2009
Selected Bibliography and Online Source List
Online Sources
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
Human Rights Education Associates Resource Center
Internet Modern History Sourcebook