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Task 4. What are the antonyms?
| o advocate o violate o adopt | o liberty o to ban o binding treaty | o to enforce o to condemn o absolute |
Task 5. Answer the questions:
1. When was the UDHR adopted?
2. Who leaded the creation of the UDHR?
3. What kind of agreement is the UDHR?
4. What are the major international treaties?
5. What treaties has Belarus adhered to?
6. What does taking a reservation mean? ("take a reservation" means that a country could reserve its position (for further negotiation/discussion) on the parts of the document with which they don't fully agree)
7. How do different countries apply human rights? Are there any contradictions?
Task 6.Write (present) the main idea of the text using the highlighted words.
You have been selected to join a group of space pioneers who will establish a colony on a distant planet. In order to create the best possible society, you and your group decide to make a list of the human rights that all space colonists should have.
1. List the three most important human rights that you believe should be guaranteed to all colonists.
2. Compare your list with those of other group members. Explain reasons for your selections.
3. Why do you think some of the rights you listed are more important than others?
4. Do any of the rights you listed conflict with one another? If so, which ones? Why?
5. Compare your list of rights with the rights listed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Which ones did you include? Which ones did you not include?
6. Are all the human rights you listed also legal rights? When does a human right become a legal right?
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