Miriam Prez Blanco

What is human rights?

Human rights are "commonly
understood as inalienable
fundamental rights to which
a person is inherently
entitled simply because she
or he is a human being."
Human rights are thus
conceived as universal
(applicable everywhere) and
egalitarian (the same for
everyone).
Culmination of the human
rigths
It was culminated in Paris by the
General Assembly of the United
Nations on 10
th
of december of
1948.
The Universal Declaration of
Human Rights (UDHR) was
adopted by the United Nations
General Assembly in 1948,
partly in response to the
atrocities of World War II.
The true forerunner of human rights
discourse was the concept of natural
rights which appeared as part of the
medieval Natural law tradition that
became prominent during the
Enlightenment with such philosophers
as John Locke, Francis Hutcheson,
and Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui, and
featured prominently in the political
discourse of the American
Revolution and the French Revolution.


Human rights violations
Human rights violations occur when
actions by state (or non-state)
actors abuse, ignore, or deny
basic human rights.
In regard to human rights violations
of United Nations laws, Article 39
of the United Nations Charter
designates the UN Security
Council (or an appointed
authority) as the only tribunal
that may determine UN human
rights violations.
List of human rights
Article 1.
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.They are
endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one
another in a spirit of brotherhood.

Article 2.
Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this
Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex,
language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin,
property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be
made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status
of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be
independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of
sovereignty.

Article 3.
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.

Article 4.
No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall
be prohibited in all their forms.

Article 5.
No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment or punishment.

Article 6.
Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.