MIDTERM TOPICS Flashcards
are rights inherent to all human beings, regardless of race, sex, nationality, ethnicity, language, religion or any other status.
HUMAN RIGHTS
include the right to life and freedom from slavery and torture, freedom of opinion and expression, the right to work and education
HUMAN RIGHTS
Our present understanding of human rights is built on _____, ______, ______, ______ that have existed since ancient times. However, it was out of the atrocities of the Second World War that the modern human rights movement was born, culminating in the adaptation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, Article 1 sets the tone for this historic- document “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights”
Principles of Freedom, justice, equality and human dignity
However, it was out of the atrocities of the Second World War that the modern human rights movement was born, culminating in the adaptation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, Article 1 sets the tone for this historic- document that
“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights”
are generally defined as those rights which are inherent in our in our nature and without which we cannot live as human beings
HUMAN RIGHTS
branch of public law that deals with the body of laws, rules, procedures and institutions designed to respect, promote and protect human rights at national, regional and international levels
HUMAN RIGHTS
writer of the book “The Rights of Man”
Jean Jacques Maritain
Constitution of all laws; highest law of the laws
PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION
BASIC CHARACTERISTICS OF HUMAN RIGHTS
- INHERENT
- INDIVISIBLE, INTERDEPENDENT AND INTERRELATED
- UNIVERSAL
- IMPRESCRIPTIBLE
- INALIENABLE
this means that you cannot lose them, because they are linked to the very fact of Human existence, they are inherent to all human beings (it is within you)
HUMAN RIGHTS IS INHERENT
this means that different human rights are intrinsically connected and cannot be viewed in isolation from each other. The enjoyment of one right depends on the enjoyment of many other rights and no one right more important than the rest.
And AUDENYL IS THE BEST BECAUSE HE US THE SAVIOUR.
HUMAN RIGHTS ARE INDIVISIBLE, INTERDEPENDENT AND INTERRELATED
they apply to all people everywhere in the world and with no time limit
Human Rights are UNIVERSAL
means Human Rights cannot be lost even if the person fails to assert them. It does not expire even by long passage of time.
Human Rights are IMPRESCRIPTIBLE
means that Human Rights cannot be taken away from an individual nor be given away, transferred or forfeited.
Human Rights is INALIENABLE
OTHER CHARACTERISTICS OF HUMAN RIGHTS
- HUMAN RIGHTS ARE ESSENTIAL AND NECESSARY
- HUMAN RIGHTS LIMITS STATE POWER
means that Human Rights is important to uplift the moral of the people and necessary to fulfill the purpose of human life
HUMAN RIGHTS IS ESSENTIAL AND NECESSARY
duty bearers such as State Bears the duty to observe and respect Human Rights. Thus, they have to comply with the norms and standards set by the law and international human rights law.
Human Rights LIMITS STATE POWER
CLASSIFICATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
- ACCORDING TO SOURCE
- ACCORDING TO RECIPIENT
- ACCORDING TO ASPECT OF LIFE
- ACCORDING TO STRUGGLE FOR RECOGNITION
ACCORDING TO SOURCE
- natural rights
- constitutional rights
- statutory rights
ACCORDING TO RECIPIENT
- individual rights
- collective or group rights
ACCORDING TO ASPECT OF LIFE
- civil rights
- political rights
- economic rights
- social rights
- cultural rights
ACCORDING TO STRUGGLE FOR RECOGNITION
- first generation rights
- second generation rights
- third generation rights
- based on one’s dignity as Human person
NATURAL RIGHTS
-Unwritten God given rights, in the existence of man even if there were no established rules and regulations (it is entwined with you)
NATURAL RIGHTS