martes, 28 de octubre de 2014

importance of Human rights, individual guarantees, and CNDH.

I think that these rights organizations and guarantees are important because they help to make a more civiliced society and create armony and equality between all humans.  Human rights are about
recognising the value and dignity of all people. In learning about human rights, we learn about ideas of respect, fairness, justice and equality. We learn about standing up for our
own rights and about our responsibility to respect the rights of others.
Understanding human rights shapes our thinking and our actions – because human rights are about real-life issues. human rights are about all humang being having the same rights. These fundamental human rights should be “a common standard of achievement for all peoples and nations” - UDHR Preamble. They are the basic rights that all human beings should enjoy, respect and protect. The UDHR, together with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), its two Optional Protocols, and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), form what is known as International Bill of Human Rights.
Rights also relate to what is lawful: that is, some rights may be laid down in law. If you have a legal right to something, you may be able to defend it in court. In many situations, though, rights exist but are not covered by law. These rights are often called moral rights. Moral rights are based on people's sense of what is fair or just.

http://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/whyhumanrights

https://www.humanrights.gov.au/commission-website-information-students-human-rights-essentials-resource-sheet-what-are-human-rights

lunes, 22 de septiembre de 2014

summary terminology of human rights

The term ‘human rights’ is used to denote a broad spectrum of rights ranging from the right to life to the right to a cultural identity. They involve all elementary preconditions for a dignified human existence. 
Although human rights have been classified in a number of different manners it is important to note that international human rights law stresses that all human rights are universal, indivisible and interrelated

One classification used is the division between ‘classic’ and ‘social’ rights. ‘Classic’ rights are often seen to require the non-intervention of the state (negative obligation), and ‘social rights’ as requiring active intervention on the part of the state (positive obligations). 
Civil rights The term ‘civil rights’ is often used with reference to the rights set out in the first eighteen articles of the UDHR, 
Political rights
In general, political rights are those set out in Articles 19 to 21 UDHR and also codified in the ICCPR. They include freedom of expression, freedom of association and assembly, the right to take part in the government of one’s country and the right to vote 
Economic and social rights
The economic and social rights are listed in Articles 22 to 26 UDHR, and further developed and set out as binding treaty norms in the ICESCR. These rights provide the conditions necessary for prosperity and wellbeing. Economic rights refer, for example, to the right to property, the right to work, which one freely chooses or accepts, the right to a fair wage,etc.
  
Cultural rights
The UDHR lists cultural rights in Articles 27 and 28: the right to participate freely in the cultural life of the community, the right to share in scientific advancement and the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which one is the author.