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camps, labeling the detainees at “high risk” of
contracting HIV/AIDS but providing no treatment
and forcing them to work.
Task 5. Watch the video about the history of human rights and discuss:
What is a declaration? What is the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights? Who wrote it? Who signed it? Where did they sign it? Where is it kept?
Task 6. Test your knowledge on the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights.
1. When was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted?
а) December, 10 in 1948
b) October, 24 in 1945
c) December, 10 in 1945
2. Where was the Universal Declaration adopted?
а) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the USA
b) at the Palais de Chaillot, in Paris, France
c) at the Houses of Parliament, London, the UK
3. Who was one of the key contributors to the drafting of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
а) Winston Churchill
b) Franklin Roosevelt
c) Eleanor Roosevelt
4. Which organization initiated to create the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights?
a) Amnesty International
b) the United Nations Organization.
c) Human Rights Council
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5. What were the previous human rights documents which served as
foundation for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
a) the British Charta of St. Patrick, the American Bill of Rights, the
French Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen
b) the British Magna Carta, the Declaration of Independence, the French
Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen
c) the British Magna Carta, the American Bill of Rights, the French
Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen
6. How many articles does the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights contain?
а) 24
b) 12
c) 30
7. Which organization specializes in the field of human rights?
a) Amnesty International
b) Energy and Commerce Committee
c) UN Security Council
8. Name the world famous human rights activists.
a) Fidel Castro, Helmut Kohl, Jaques Chirac, John F Kennedy
b) Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King, Mikhail Gorbachev, Mahatma
Gandhi
c) Lionel Messi, Andre Agassi, Chuck Norris, Mike Tyson
9. When is Human Rights Day celebrated?
а) June, 1 each year
b) December, 10 each year
c) November, 20 each year
10. Why is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights important?
a) Because it protects and promotes individual rights.
b) Because it helps to stabilize international relations.
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c) Because it promotes peace in the world.
liberty six years by a majority
proclaims prohibition punishment
of discrimination race ensure
Task 7. Fill in the gaps with the words and word combinations from the
box:
The Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental
Freedoms ___the main human rights and freedoms: the right to life, ___ and
security, ___of torture, slavery and forced labour, right to a fair trial, no ___
without law, right to respect for private and family life, freedom of thought,
conscience and religion, freedom of opinion and expression, freedom of
peaceful assembly and association, the right to marry and to found a family
without any limitation due to ___, nationality or religion, prohibition ___and so
on.
The European Court of Human Rights was set up to ___the observance of
the fundamental rights and freedoms. It functions on a permanent basis. The
term of office of every judge is___ and expires when the judge is 70 years old.
The judges must be of high moral character. No one can dismiss the judge from
his post unless the other judges decide ___ of two-thirds that he/she does not
fulfill the required conditions any more.
SPEAKING
Task 8. Read the quotes on human rights that belong to the world’s
famous people. Say which of them you like or dislike, who you agree with or
disagree. Use the phrases from the box.
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+
–
I agree with ….
I disagree with ….
I think the author is right ….
I look upon this problem from a
different standpoint ….
I am of the same opinion ….
My opinion differs from the author’s
….
The human rights we are to discuss here at Vienna are the quintessential values
through which we affirm together that we are a single human community.
Former UN Secretary - General Boutros Boutros - Ghali,
at the World Conference on Human Rights
Although we are in different boats you in your boat and we in our canoe we
share the same river of life.
Chief Oren Lyons, Onondaga Nation, USA
We discovered that peace at any price is no peace at all. We discovered that life
at any price has no value whatever; that life is nothing without the privileges,
the prides, the rights, the joys which make it worth living, and also worth giving.
And we also discovered that there is something more hideous, more atrocious
than war or than death; and that is to live in fear.
Eve Curie, French author, speaking to the American Booksellers
Association, New York, 9 April 1940
We are not myths of the past, ruins in the jungle, or zoos. We are people and we
want to be respected, not to be victims of intolerance and racism.
Rigoberta Menchu, Guatemala Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere. Our support goes
to those who struggle to gain those rights or keep them.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Former US President, 6 January 1941
Human rights are not only violated by terrorism, repression or
assassination, but also by unfair economic structures that creates huge
inequalities.
Pope Francis, pope of the Catholic Church,
absolute sovereign of the Vatican City State
Task 9. Questions for discussion:
1. Define the term «right». Give your own opinion.
2. What are human rights?
3. Do you think it is the UN’s job to make statements about human rights
or should it be the responsibility of individual governments? Why?
4. Do you think all people in the world are equal and everyone deserves
the same rights?
5. Which of the human rights do you personally think is the most
important?
6. What countries do you think have a particularly bad record on human
rights?
7. Do you think that a state which ignores human rights in order to, for
example, fight terrorism, devalues its moral status? Why?
8. Do you agree that the problem of human rights is a matter of liberties
rather than of rights?
9. Which of the human rights do you think were violated at Guantánamo
(or any other US or Russian prison)?
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WRITING
SUGGESTED SONGS
“Give Peace a Chance and Imagine”
by John Lennon
“Shelter” by Sarah McLachlan
“Strange Fruit” by Billie Holiday
“Black Day in July” by Gordon
Lightfoot
SUGGESTED POEMS
“God to Hungry Child” by Langston
Hughes
“Ain’t I A Woman” by Sojourer
Truth
“Requiem” by Anna Akmatova
“The Unknown Citizen” by
Task 10. Write a speech about the importance of equality before the law.
Make your speech passionate and well-argued, read it out.
PROJECT
Teaching Human Rights through Songs and Poetry
Task 11. Use examples of poetry and songs that deal with the issue of
human rights. Study the list of suggested poems and songs. Choose a poem or a
song, explain the motivation and background behind the songs and poems you
chose.
Questions for analysis of a poem or a song:
What is the theme of the poem/song? What does it express most
clearly?
What is the poem/song saying about human rights and justice (or
injustice/oppression)?
What images reinforce the meaning behind the poem/song?
What are the historical circumstances surrounding this poem/song?
(briefly summarize)
Do you agree or disagree with the ideas expressed in this poem/song?
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“They Dance Alone” by Sting
“Tears are Not Enough” by Bryan
Adams and David Foster
W. H. Auden
“Hope” by Ariel Dorfman
“From a Man in Solitary” by Nazim
Hikmet
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UNIT 2
Executive power
Legislative power
Judicial power
THE STATE SYSTEM OF RUSSIA
VOCABULARY
Task 1. Read the words and translate them into Russian.
Government, republic, branch, assembly, chamber, the Council of
Federation, the State Duma, the President, the Prime Minister, court, the
Ministry of Justice, federative, federal, presidential, legislative, executive,
judicial.
Task 2. Read the text and put the words in bold in the correct place in the
box.
The Russian Federative Republic is a presidential republic. The federal
government consists of three branches: legislative, executive and judicial. The
legislative branch is represented by the Federal Assembly. It has two
chambers. The upper chamber is the Council of Federation. The lower
chamber is the State Duma. The executive branch is represented by the
government. The judicial power is represented by courts and administered by
the Ministry of Justice.
Task 3. Name
1. the President of the Russian Federation;
2. the Prime Minister;
3. the head of the Federal Assembly;
4. the head of the Council of Federation;
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5. the head of the State Duma;
6. the Minister of Justice.
SPEAKING
Task 4. Speak on the Russian State System according to the plan.
1. Form of government (a presidential republic; the head of the state)
2. The legislative power (the Federal Assembly; the Council of
Federation; the State Duma)
3. The executive power (the government)
4. The judicial power (courts; the Ministry of Justice).
5. Use the names of the President, the Prime Minister, the head of the
Federal Assembly, the head of the Council of Federation, the head of the State
Duma, the Minister of Justice.
ROLE PLAY
Task 5. Roleplay the dialogue.
Background
An American student of international relations has come to Russia on an
exchange program. He/she is taking a course on Political Science here and has to
write a paper on the Russian state system. He/she needs your advice as to
planning his/her paper. Help him/her work out a plan for his/her paper and
comment on each item of the plan. Use the plan from Task 4. Take a role.
Include the next information and the phrases for giving advice and asking for
advice.
1. name
2. age
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3. where do you come from?
Asking for advice
Giving advice
I am out of ideas. Can you recommend
me…?
What shall I write about next?
Could you give me some advice… ?
Do you have any idea …?
Firstly, secondly, thirdly, in the fourth
place….
You’d better ….
You should also mention ….
I think you could begin with ….
I don’t think you should….
4. place of studying
5. what do you study?
6. the purpose of your visit to Russia
Read the phrases of Speaker 2 and complete the sentences of Speaker 1.
Use phrases for asking for advice.
Speaker 1….
Speaker 2 I think you could begin with the form of government. Russia is
a presidential republic.
Speaker 1….
Speaker 2 Secondly, you should write about three branches: legislative,
executive, judicial.
Speaker 1….
Speaker 2 If I were you, I’d give more details on the legislative branch.
You should mention that the legislative branch is represented by the Federal
Assembly. It has two chambers. The upper chamber is the Council of
Federation. The lower chamber is the State Duma.
government. In the same way you describe that the judicial power is represented
by courts and administered by the Ministry of Justice.
Speaker 2 Then you say that the executive branch is represented by the
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