Human rights are inherent to all humans regardless of personal attributes like race or religion. They include the right to life, liberty, freedom from slavery and torture, freedom of expression, right to work and education. International human rights law establishes the obligations of governments to promote and protect these universal rights for all people without discrimination. The UN has developed a comprehensive framework including the UN Charter, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and subsequent agreements establishing standards for protecting vulnerable groups.
4. What Are Human Rights?
Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings,
regardless of race, sex, nationality, ethnicity,
language, religion, or any other status. Human rights
include the right to life and liberty, freedom from
slavery and torture, freedom of opinion and
expression, the right to work and education, and
many more. Everyone is entitled to these rights,
without discrimination.
5. Human Rights
What Are Human Rights?
Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings,
regardless of race, sex, nationality, ethnicity, language,
religion, or any other status. Human rights include the
right to life and liberty, freedom from slavery and
torture, freedom of opinion and expression, the right to
work and education, and many more. Everyone is
entitled to these rights, without discrimination.
6. International Human Rights Law
International human rights law lays down the obligations of Governments to act in certain ways or to refrain from certain acts, in order
to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms of individuals or groups.
One of the great achievements of the United Nations is the creation of a comprehensive body of human rights lawa universal and
internationally protected code to which all nations can subscribe and all people aspire. The United Nations has defined a broad range
of internationally accepted rights, including civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights. It has also established mechanisms to
promote and protect these rights and to assist states in carrying out their responsibilities.
7. The foundations of this body of law are the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by
the General Assembly in 1945 and 1948, respectively. Since then, the United Nations has gradually expanded human rights law to
encompass specific standards for women, children, persons with disabilities, minorities and other vulnerable groups, who now
possess rights that protect them from discrimination that had long been common in many societies.
8. Article 1
Article 1 All human beings are born free and
equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed
with reason and conscience and should act
towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
9. Article 2
Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration,
without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion,
political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.
Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political,
jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person
belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other
limitation of sovereignty.
10. Article 3
Human Rights
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.
11. Article 4
No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade
shall be prohibited in all their forms.
12. Article 5 No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or
degrading treatment or punishment.
13. Article 6
Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the
law.
14. Article 7
All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to
equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any
discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to
such discrimination
15. Article 8
Article 8 Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent
national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by
the constitution or by law.
16. Article 9
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile
17. Article 10
Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an
independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and
obligations and of any criminal charge against him.