TOPIC 04-HUMAN RIGHTS
Concept of Human Rights
Human rights refer to the basic and fundamental rights that all human beings are entitled to because they are human beings and no one should interfere with them.
Human rights are the basic needs and freedom that every person has from birth to death. Those rights, including right to life, right to worship, right to work etc. human rights should be given to everyone just because of his or her humanity.
In most countries in the world, human rights are based on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights On 10th December 1948, the United Nations introduced the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).
The aim of the Declaration was to make sure that human rights are universally recognized and all countries adapt,promote and protect them. Most countries included Human Rights in their constitutions as the Bill of Rights.
The Bill of Rights shows the right and the freedom that people have in their country.
TYPES OF HUMAN RIGHTS
There are two types of Human rights which were included by Universal Declaration of Human Rights;
Legal rights. These are individual and group entitlements which are recognized by the constitution of a nation and which can be enforced in the court of law. Example right to life