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HUMAN RIGHTS

HUMAN RIGHTS . What Are Human Rights? . Human rights are standards that allow all people to live with dignity, freedom, equality , justice , peace. Human Rights Characteristics. Universal Inalienable Interconnected Indivisible Non-discriminatory.

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HUMAN RIGHTS

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  1. HUMAN RIGHTS

  2. What Are Human Rights? • Human rights are standards that allow all people to live with • dignity, • freedom, • equality, • justice, • peace

  3. Human Rights Characteristics • Universal • Inalienable • Interconnected • Indivisible • Non-discriminatory

  4. People contributed to human rights were: • Pluto • Aristotle • Thomas Hobbes • John Locke

  5. All human beings have • The right to life; • Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; • Freedom from arbitrary arrest or detention; • The right to a fair trial; • Freedom from discrimination;

  6. The right to equal protection of the law; • Freedom from arbitrary interference with privacy, family, home or correspondence; • Freedom of association, expression, assembly and movement; • The right to seek and enjoy asylum;

  7. The right to a nationality; • Freedom of thought, conscience and religion; • The right to vote and take part in government; • The right to just and favourable work conditions; • The right to health; • The right to education; • The right to property; • The right to participate in cultural life; and, of course, • The right to development.

  8. Universal Declaration of Human Rights International Covenant on Economical , Social and Cultural Rights International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

  9. Major human rights treaties are: • Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide • Geneva Conventions I-IV • International Bill of Rights • Convention and Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees (1951 & 1967) • Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1984)

  10. Human Rights Based Approaches • Putting human rights principles and standards at the heart of policy and planning • Ensuring accountability • Empowerment • Participation and involvement • Non-discrimination and attention to vulnerable groups

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