SOME FACTS

The first 10 amendments known as “bills of rights”

Become part of the American constitution on 15 dec 1791 and the rights of people were defined in more detail.

Americans were first to give the “ bill of rights” a constitutional status.

In 1789, the French declaration of the Right of man and of the Citizens, issued by the Constituent Assembly

The real development of contemporary human rights jurisprudence started only during the nineteenth century which continued in the twentieth century which continued in the twentieth centaury

The problem of slavery and slave trade was a notorious practice which had flourished till the beginning of the nineteenth century in almost all parts of world

At the close of the First World War. “ The treaty of piece” of 28 June 1919 between the Allied and associated power and Germany was the most significant and enduring instrument which dealt with a number of political, legal, humanitarian and economic issue.

The international concern for human dignity and rights found expression in the covenant of the League of national. Article 22 of the covenant of league of nation established the “Mandates System.

PREAMBLE

The States Parties to the present Covenant,

Considering that, in accordance with the principles proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations, recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,

Recognizing that these rights derive from the inherent dignity of the human person,

Recognizing that, in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the ideal of free human beings enjoying civil and political freedom and freedom from fear and want can only be achieved if conditions are created whereby everyone may enjoy his civil and political rights, as well as his economic, social and cultural rights,

Considering the obligation of States under the Charter of the United Nations to promote universal respect for, and observance of, human rights and freedoms,

Realizing that the individual, having duties to other individuals and to the community to which he belongs, is under a responsibility to strive for the promotion and observance of the rights recognized in the present Covenant,

TODAY IS HUMAN RIGHTS DAY !

Human Rights Day is celebrated annually across the world on 10 December.The date was chosen to honor the United Nations General Assembly's adoption and proclamation, on 10 December 1948, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the first global enunciation of human rights and one of the first major achievements of the new United Nations. The formal establishment of Human Rights Day occurred at the 317th Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on 4 December 1950, when the General Assembly declared resolution 423(V), inviting all member states and any other interested organizations to celebrate the day as they saw fit.

The day is normally marked by both high-level political conferences and meetings and by cultural events and exhibitions dealing with human rights issues. In addition, it is traditionally on 10 December that the five-yearly United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights and Nobel Peace Prize are awarded. Many governmental and nongovernmental organizations active in the human rights field also schedule special events to commemorate the day, as do many civil and social-cause organisations.

The theme for 2006 was the struggle against poverty, taking it as a human rights issue. Several statements were released on that occasion, including the one issued by 37 United Nations Special Procedures mandate holders. The 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights occurred on 10 December 2008, and the UN Secretary-General launched a year-long campaign leading up to this anniversary. Because the UDHR holds the world record as the most translated document (with more than 360 language versions available), organizations around the globe used the year to focus on helping people everywhere learn about their rights.

(source : wikipedia)

INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNOZED HUMAN RIGHTS

                                       

The international bill of human rights recognizes the rights to:

1.Equality of rights without discrimination

2. Life

3. Liberty and security

4. Protection against salivary

5. Protection again torture and cruel and inhuman punishment

6. Recognition as a person before the law

7. Equal protection of the law

8. Access to legal remedies for rights violations

9. Hearing before an independent and impartial judiciary

10. Presumption of innocence

11. Protection against ex-post facto laws

12. Protection of privacy, family, and home

13. Freedom of movement and residence

14. Seek asy um from persecution

15. Nationality

16. Marry and found a family

17. Own property

18.Freedom Of thought, conscience and religion

19.Freefdom of assembly and association

20. Political participation

21.Social security

22. Work under favorable conditions

23. Fress trade unions

24. Rest and leisure

25.Food, clothing and housing

26.Health care and social service

27. Special protection for children

28.Education

29. Participation in cultural life

30.A social and international order needed to realize rights

31. Self determination

32.Humane treatment when detained or imprisoned

33.Protection against debtor’s prison

34.Protection against arbitrary expulsion of aliens

35.Protection against debtor’s prison

36. Protection against arbitrary expulsion of aliens

37.Protection against advocacy of racial or religious hatred

38.Protection of minority culture

A B C Of human rights

 

Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, language, or any other status. We are all equally entitled to our human rights without discrimination. These rights are all interrelated, interdependent and indivisible.