Karen_A._Mingst,_Ivan_M._Arregu_n-Toft]_Essentia

394 CHAPTER TEn ■ ­Human Ri­ht

Discussion Questions

1. Which rights do you think should have priority? Political- civil rights?
   Socioeconomic rights? Collective rights of groups? Why?


2. Find two newspaper articles that provide examples of state officials abusing
   the rights of their citizens. Do these citizens have any recourse?


3. Genocide is sometimes difficult to prove. Choose a specific case of state-
   sponsored vio lence (e.g., Turkey against the Armenians; Sudan against the
   Darfurians; the Assad government in Syria against its citizens). Does the vio-
   lence qualify as genocide? What evidence would you have to collect?


4. If you are a woman whose human rights are being abused, what ave nues of
   recourse might you use to make your case?


5. What is the conflict between the rights of refugees and the right of states to
   protect borders and national security?