2.3 Global Governance: Human Rights and Environmental

• Unlike a traditional government, global governance lacks a central governing authority
• Why are international organizations crucial in global governance?

  Cooperation and coordination
• Match the international organization with its type:

  United Nations ↔️ IGO

  Amnesty International ↔️ NGO

  World Economic Forum ↔️ Hybrid
• Order the types of global governance from least to most structured:

  1️⃣ Normative Governance

  2️⃣ Procedural Governance

  3️⃣ Institutional Governance
• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is an example of normative governance
• International organizations address transnational issues through cooperation and coordination.


  True
• Order the following actions involved in global governance:

  1️⃣ Setting international standards

  2️⃣ Establishing cooperation mechanisms

  3️⃣ Facilitating collective decision-making
• International organizations facilitate collective decision-making on global issues.

  True
• One of the key principles of human rights is universality, which means they apply to everyone, everywhere
• Human rights are inalienable, meaning they cannot be taken away or given up.


  True
• Match the human rights treaty with its objective:

  UDHR ↔️ Establishes a common standard of achievement

  ICCPR ↔️ Protects civil and political rights

  ICESCR ↔️ Protects economic, social, and cultural rights

  CRC ↔️ Protects the rights of children
• Global governance lacks a central governing authority but operates through various international bodies, treaties, and agreements
• One example of an IGO is the United Nations
• Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs) are composed of member states
• Hybrid Organizations combine elements of both IGOs and NGOs
• What is the principle of universality in human rights?

  Applies to everyone, everywhere
• Match the human rights principle with its definition:

  Indivisibility ↔️ All rights are equally important

  Interdependence ↔️ Fulfilling one right depends on another

  Equality ↔️ All people are equal in dignity
• Human rights frameworks provide a system of international laws to protect rights globally.


  True
• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) establishes a common standard of achievement for all peoples and nations
• What is the primary focus of environmental governance?

  Managing environmental issues
• Match the environmental governance type with an example:

  Procedural Governance ↔️ UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

  Institutional Governance ↔️ United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
• What type of governance sets international environmental standards through treaties and declarations?

  Normative Governance
• Which organization relies on established organizations to manage global environmental challenges?

  Institutional Governance
• Environmental governance operates without a central governing authority
• What is the purpose of different forms of environmental governance working together?

  Facilitate collective decision-making
• The Kyoto Protocol exemplifies normative environmental governance by setting legally binding targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions
• The Convention on Biological Diversity promotes the fair sharing of benefits from biodiversity conservation.


  True
• Order the types of global governance based on their strengths in addressing global issues:

  1️⃣ Normative Governance: Sets international standards

  2️⃣ Procedural Governance: Facilitates cooperation

  3️⃣ Institutional Governance: Provides expertise and resources
• Procedural governance can be susceptible to geopolitical tensions among states.

  True
• Which environmental agreement is considered a tangible success of global governance?

  Montreal Protocol
• Match the type of global governance with its example:

  Normative Governance ↔️ Kyoto Protocol

  Procedural Governance ↔️ G20 Summits

  Institutional Governance ↔️ World Health Organization
• Intergovernmental organizations are composed of member states
• Which type of organization combines elements of both IGOs and NGOs?

  Hybrid Organizations
• NGOs are independent of governments.

  True
• Arrange the following human rights frameworks in chronological order:

  1️⃣ Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)

  2️⃣ European Convention on Human Rights (1950)

  3️⃣ African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (1981)
• Match the human rights treaty with its objective:

  International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ↔️ Protects civil and political rights

  International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ↔️ Protects economic, social, and cultural rights

  Convention on the Rights of the Child ↔️ Protects the rights of children
• The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights guarantees access to resources and services
• The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) shapes national policies to safeguard childhood.


  True
• Match the type of environmental governance with its example:

  Normative Governance ↔️ Kyoto Protocol

  Procedural Governance ↔️ UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

  Institutional Governance ↔️ United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
• The Montreal Protocol phased out ozone-depleting substances to protect the ozone layer.

  True