Value , Awareness & Importance

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Deepak Jain
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Deepak Tyagi
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Harsh Kapadia
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Human rights are "basic rights and freedoms that all people are entitled to regardless of nationality, sex, age, national or ethnic origin, race, religion, language, or other status

What does the term Human Rights mean?

1. The rights which belong to the Indian nationals. 2. The rights which belong to the European people 3. The rights which belong to every human being in the world 4. The rights which belong to rich people .

Human rights are inscribed in the hearts of people

Mary Robinson, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

*Civil Rights *Political Rights *Economic Rights *Social Rights *Cultural Rights

1. Individual (civil) rights life, liberty, and security of the person; privacy and freedom of movement; ownership of property; freedom of thought, conscience, and religious belief and practice; prohibition of slavery, torture, and cruel or degrading punishment. 2. Rule of law equal recognition before the law and equal protection of the law; effective legal remedy for violation of rights; impartial hearing and trial; presumption of innocence; and prohibition of arbitrary arrest. 3.Rights of political expression freedom of expression, assembly, and association; the right to take part in government; and periodic and meaningful elections with universal and equal suffrage.

4)Economic and social rights an adequate standard of living; free choice of employment; protection against unemployment; "just and favorable remuneration"; the right to form and join trade unions; "reasonable limitation of working hours"; free elementary education; social security; and the "highest attainable standard of physical and mental health. 5)Rights of communities Self-determination and protection of minority cultures.

 life, liberty and security of person freedom from slavery and servitude freedom from torture, or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment equality before the law (isonomia) not being subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile freedom of movement and residence nationality the right to marriage and to found a family freedom of thought, conscience and religion peaceful assembly and association work health education

Enlightenment (17th-18th Century)

The first tier or "generation" consists of civil and political rights and derives primarily from the seventeenth and eighteenth-century political theories noted earlier which are associated They include: freedom from discrimination; freedom from slavery; freedom from torture and from cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment; freedom from arbitrary arrest and detention; the right to a fair and public trial; freedom of thought, conscience, and religion; freedom of opinion and expression; and the right to participate in government through free elections. Socialist tradition (19th century)

The second generation of rights broadens the primarily political focus of of earlier views to include economic, social, and cultural rights. This view origininates primarily in the socialist traditions of Marx and Lenin. Include the right to social security; the right to work; the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of self and family; and the right to education.

The third generation of "solidarity rights" (20th century)

These views are a product of the rise and decline of the nation-state in the last half of the twentieth century. These rights have been championed by the Third World and remain somewhat controversial and debated. The specific rights include the right to political, economic, social, and cultural self-determination; the right to economic and social development; and the right to participate in and benefit from "the common heritage of mankind."

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*Human Rights are the same as civil rights. *Human Rights violations occur only in poor,
foreign countries.

*Human Rights are only concerned with violations. *Only adults and lawyers can understand the
significance of Human Rights.

*Human Rights are only legal rights.

* The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was drafted

by the UN Commission on Human Rights chaired by, then first lady, Eleanor Roosevelt. The UDHR was adopted by the 56 member nations of the UN General Assembly on December 10, 1948.

* December 10th is now celebrated around the world as

International Human Rights Day. There are now188 member states in the United Nations that, upon membership, agreed to educate their citizens about the principles of the UDHR. Most of these countries have incorporated the principles of the UDHR into their constitutions.

THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is the most famous human rights agreement in the world. It contains 30 human rights. According to the UDHR, you have the right to:

HOW DOES THE UDHR PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS?

The UDHR is an international statement of values that has inspired over 80 treaties containing human rights laws, including the main UN human rights treaties.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India is an autonomous statutory body established on 12 October 1993,under the provisions of The Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993. The NHRC has been accredited with "A status" by the International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions (the ICC), indicating that it is in conformity with the Paris Principles - a broad set of principles agreed upon by a conference of experts on the promotion and protection of human rights, in Paris in October 1991, and subsequently endorsed by the UN General Assembly

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proactively or reactively inquire into violations of human rights or negligence in the prevention of such violation by a public servant visit any jail or other institution under the control of the State Government, where persons are detained or lodged for purposes of treatment, reformation or protection, for the study of the living conditions of the inmates and make recommendations review the safeguards provided by or under the Constitution or any law for the time being in force for the protection of human rights and recommend measures for their effective implementation review the factors, including acts of terrorism that inhibit the enjoyment of human rights and recommend appropriate remedial measures study treaties and other international instruments on human rights and make recommendations for their effective implementation undertake and promote research in the field of human rights spread literacy among various sections of society and promote awareness of the safeguards available for the protection of these rights through publications, the media, seminars and other available means encourage the efforts of NGOs and institutions working in the field of human rights such other function as it may consider it necessary for the protection of human rights. take suo motu action, if required in a case if the victim is not in a position to access a court.

Education about human rights provides people with information about human rights. Education for human rights helps people feel the importance of human rights, internalize human rights values and integrate them into the way they live.

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* Produces changes in values and attitudes * Produces changes in behavior * Produces empowerment for social justice * Develops attitudes of solidarity across issues and nations * Develops knowledge and analytical skills * Produces participatory education

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1 - Get to know your human rights 6 - Be heard! Always put human rights on the agenda at conferences, meetings and in literature. 7 - Find creative ways to 2 - Get involved and become a communicate human rights issues in human rights educator your community such as, media strategies, teach-ins, tribunals, etc. 3 - Use the human rights framework 8 - Join efforts to have the U.S. to describe, defend or define your ratify the remaining human rights social justice issues treaties 4 - Launch a local human rights 9 - Ensure accessibility for all coalition to celebrate the anniversary of the UDHR on Dec.10 5 - Put human rights language to 10 - Contact the Human Rights work for social justice Resource Center for further information