Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Objectives
To enable individuals to value human
Rights
To promote human rights awareness
about the significance
Develop sensitivity for human rights
violations
What are Human Rights?
Human Rights refer to the basic
rights and freedoms to which all
human beings are entitled.
E . g: The right to life and liberty.
Freedom of thought and
expression.
Equality before law.
UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF
HUMAN RIGHTS
When the atrocities committed by Nazi
Germany became apparent after the
Second World War, there was as a
general consensus within the world
community that the United Nations
Charter did not sufficiently define the
rights similar to the ones of Bill of Rights
in the U.S.A and the Declaration of the Rights
of Man and of the Citizen in France.
.
UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF
HUMAN RIGHTS
The proclamation was ratified
during the General Assembly on 10
December,1948 by a vote of ’48’
in favor, and ‘0’against.
It consists of 30 articles which
outline the view of the United
Nations General Assembly on the
human rights guaranteed to all
people.
Human Rights are universal rights held to
belong to individuals by virtues of their being
human
Freedom to Vote
Freedom from Torture
Freedom of Choice
Freedom from enslavement
Freedom of Religion
- Abuse violence and discrimination
against women are widely tolerated and
systematic.
He usedAa technique
called “Passive
Resistance” to get
what he wanted.
Mother Theresa
Student
demonstrating
for democracy
in China.
Human Right Violations in India.
– Custodial Deaths
– Police Excesses
( Torture, Illegal Detention/Unlawful Arrest , False Implication E
– Fake Encounter
Cases Related To Women/Children
Atrocities On Dalits / Member Of Minority
Community / Disabled
Bonded Labor
Armed Forces / Para-Military Forces
Protecting the Killers
Human Rights
Watch applauded the Indian
government’s overall response to
the tsunami, but found that
government recovery efforts did
not adequately take into account
the needs of different vulnerable
segments of the affected
population, particularly women,
children, the disabled, Dalits
(so-called untouchables) and tribal
groups
Abuses Against Children Affected by
HIV/AIDS in India
Many doctors refuse to treat or even touch
HIV-positive children.
Some schools expel or segregate children
because they or their parents are HIV-positive.
Many orphanages and other residential
institutions reject HIV-positive children or deny
that they house them.