Human rights are commonly understood as "inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being."

Human rights are thus conceived as universal (applicable everywhere) and egalitarian (the same for everyone).

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Human Rights

Brief History of Human Right

the world’s first charter of human rights By Cyrus the

Great, the first king of ancient

Persia.

the concept of “natural law”

arose in Rome , the law was

based on rational ideas derived from the nature of

things

“Great Charter,”

signed by the King of England in 1215, was a Turning point

in human rights.

The Cyrus

Cylinder

Spread of

Human Rights

Magn

a Carta

the English Parliament

sent this stateme

nt of civil liberties to

King Charles I

Thomas Jefferson

penned the American

Declaration of Independenc

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The Bill of Rights of the

US Constitution

protects basic freedoms of

United States citizens

Petition of Right

United

States

Declaration of

Independence

Bill of Rights

Exercise of the natural

rights granted specific

freedoms from oppression, as an “expression of the general

will.”

The original document

from the first Geneva

Convention provided for

care to wounded soldiers

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

has inspired other human

rights laws and treaties

throughout the world

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UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

• -It was adopted by the United Nations

General Assembly in 1948, partly in response to the atrocities of World War II.

• -This urges member nations to promote a number of human, civil, economic and social rights, asserting these rights as part of the "foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world”.

Economic ,Social

and Cultural

rights

Collective rights

Civil and

Political rights

Classification of human rights

Civil and Political rights

•Right to life•Right to Vote•Freedom from torture•Freedom from slavery•Freedom of speech•Freedom of thought, conscience and religion

This dimension deals essentially with

liberty and participation in

political life. They are fundamentally civil and political in nature, as well as

strongly individualistic.

Economic ,Social,

and Cultural rights

•Equality between Man and Woman•right to be employed• right to education•rights to housing•health care•social security•Protection of Family, pregnant women, Children

This dimension guarantees different

members of the citizenry equal conditions and

treatment.

Collective Right

•Group and collective rights•Right to self-determination•Right to economic and social development•Right to a healthy environment•Right to natural resources•Right to communicate•Right to participation in cultural heritage

Because of the present-day tilting

toward national sovereignty and the preponderance of would-be offender

nations, these rights have been hard to

enact in legally binding documents.

Strength

Weakness

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