MAPUA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES, HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

SS10 / A6 7:30-9:00AM
PROF. TULIAO
WRITING TASK 1
PULAYAN, Jude Hannah C.
AR-2
QUESTIONS:
1. What are the classes of rights?
2. Justify the rights according to ff:
a. Political
b. Social
c. Civil
d. Economic
e. Rights of the accused
ANSWERS:
CLASSES OF RIGHTS
A. NATURAL RIGHTS
Rights passed by every citizen without being granted by the state for they are given to man by God as a human being so that he may live a
happy life.
B. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
Conferred and protected by the constitution.
C. STATUTORY RIGHTS
Provided by laws promulgated by the law making body and may be abolished by the same body.

JUSTIFICATION OF RIGHTS
POLITICAL RIGHTS

Right of Sufferage

SOCIAL RIGHTS
The privacy of communication
and correspondence shall be
inviolable except upon lawful
order of the court, or when
public safety or order requires
otherwise, as prescribed by
law. (Sec 3 [1])

CIVIL RIGHTS

ECONOMIC RIGHTS

RIGHTS OF THE ACCUSED

No person shall be deprived

of life, liberty, or property
Private property shall not be
without due process of law,
taken for public use without
nor shall any person be
just compensation.(Sec. 99)
denied the equal protection of
the laws.(Sec.1)

No torture, force, violence,

threat, intimidation, or any
other means which vitiate the
free will shall be used against
him. (Sec 12 [2])

The liberty of abode and of

changing the same within the
No law impairing the
limits prescribed by law shall
obligation of contracts shall be
not be impaired except upon
passed.(sec10)
lawful order of the court. (sec.
6)

Any confession or admission

obtained in violation of this or
Section 17 hereof shall be
inadmissible in evidence
against him.(sec12[3])

Right to run for public office

No law shall be passed
abridging the freedom of
speech, of expression, or of
Right to run for poltical
the press, or the right of the
expression
people peaceably to assemble
and petition the government
for redress of grievances.
(Sec 4)

Free access to the courts and

The right of the people to
No law shall be made
quasi-judicial bodies and
information on matters of
respecting an establishment
adequate legal assistance
public concern shall be
of religion, or prohibiting the
shall not be denied to any
recognized.(sec 7)
free exercise thereof. (sec 6)
person by reason of poverty.
(Sec11)

The law shall provide for

penal and civil sanctions for
violations of this section as
well as compensation to the
rehabilitation of victims of
torture or similar practices,
and their families.(sec12{4})

The right of the people,

including those employed in

All persons, except those

charged
with
offenses

the public and private sectors,

to form unions, associations,
or societies for purposes not
contrary to law shall not be
abridged.(sec 8)

punishable by reclusion
perpetua when evidence of
guilt is strong, shall, before
conviction, be bailable by
sufficient sureties, or be
released on recognizance as
may be provided by law.
(sec13)
No person shall be held to
answer for a criminal offense
without due process of law.
(Sec14)
The privilege of the writ of
habeas corpus shall not be
suspended except in cases of
invasion or rebellion, when the
public safety requires it.
(sec15)
All persons shall have the
right to a speedy disposition of
their cases before all judicial,
quasi-judicial,
or
administrative bodies.(sec16)
No person shall be compelled
to be a witness against
himself.(sec17)