Rights of a Human since 1948

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Well today’s post is on human right.

Overtime, I have wondered what my rights were? Can I really say I have enjoyed and benefited from these rights that I am supposed to be entitled to?

Well the answer to the questions I asked myself was that I have to first know these rights and then check my life if I have experience or benefited from it. I can say that I have been lucky to enjoy some of my entitled right. Some rights that I should benefit from have been hindered by some social, economically, cultural and political structures.

Today, I throw it to you to know your rights and try to evaluate where you stand. As you know your right, please know it applies to all human being.

Thus, this post attempts to answer questions like:

What is human right?

When was a declaration on human right made?

What are the lists of human right based on the article/preamble? 

 How many human rights do we have as a human?

A human right is an entitlement that a person enjoys simply by virtue of being a human being and there is no doubt that while human rights are claimed to be universal, the widespread use of the concept is relatively a recent phenomenon. This is because human right became a significant consideration only with the formulation and signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights passed by the United Nations General Assembly on the 5^th of December 1948.

The Declaration of Human rights consisted of a preamble and 30 Articles. Today’s post will use the Article to show a list of the human rights entitled by a human.

Article 1 and 2 contains:

1. Human being should be treated equally irrespective of personal characteristics or citizenship

Article 3

• Right to Life, live and exist
• Right to Liberty
• Right to security of a person
• Right to love

Article 4 and 5

• Prohibition of slavery
• Prohibition of torture
• Protection of minorities

Article 6-11

• Equality before the law
• Equal protection by the state
• Right to an effective remedy for violation of one’s right
• Prohibition on arbitrary arrest and detention
• Right to fair trail
• Presumption of innocence until guilt is proven
• Prohibition on retroactive laws

Article 12

1.  Prohibition on arbitrary interference in private life

Article 13 and 14

1. Freedom of movement including emigration
2. Right to seek asylum in another country

Article 15

1. Right to nationality
2. Prohibition on deprivation of nationality

Article 16

• Right to marry
• Prohibition of forced marriage

Article 17

• Right to own property
• Prohibition on arbitrary seizure of property

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Article 18 -20

• Freedom of thought
• Freedom of conscience
• Freedom of religion
• Freedom of opinion
• Freedom of expression
• Right to peaceful assembly
• Prohibition on compulsion to belong to association
• Freedom of information

Article 21

• Right to political participation
• Equal access to public service “the will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of the government”
• Right to Democracy

Article 22-26

• Right to social security
• Right to work
• Right to free choice of employment
• Right for equal pay for equal work
• Right to for choice of employment
• Right to just and favourable remuneration
• Right to join the trade union
• Right to rest and leisure
• Right to an adequate standard of living
• Right to education
• Right of parent to determine the kind of education the children receive

Article 27

• Right to freely participate in the cultural life of the community

Article 28

• Freedom to social and international order: “everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedom set forth.
• Right to peaceful protest.

Article 29

• Right to duties to his or her community

Article 30

This article denotes that nothing in the declaration should imply that any state, group or person can engage in actions destructive to any of the rights and freedoms set out in it. Thus, the UN Human Right Charters is summed up or grouped into:

1. Rights that essentially amount to be left alone
2. Right to participate in the political structure of the country and to enjoy the protection of its law
3.  Rights to associate with people of one’s own choosing and also relates to social rights such as employment protections

It is important that this right is and can be limited as there are certain duties that individuals have to perform this is evident in article 29 and 30.

This is my summary with the help of several literatures of the rights we are entitled as humans.  I hope this post have been educative and you have learnt something new.

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For more information on the Universal Declaration of Human Right: https://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/

 

Also check https://www.un.org/en/sections/issues-depth/human-rights/

REFERENCE:

Jan Palmowski. 2008. Dictionary of Contemporary world history.  New York. Oxford University Press. Pp 301-302

John Holfman and Paul Graham.  2009. Introduction to Political Theory. England. Pearson Educational Limited. Pp 408-413

Norman D. Palmer, International Relations.(India: A.I.T.B.S Publisher) pp369-374

Karen Mingst. 1999. Essentials of International Relation.( WW. Newton &Company Inc) pp 246-247, 255 -256

 

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The UN Human Right Charters