Every human has fundamental rights to survive with dignity regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Human rights are set and preserved by United Nations by the name of Universal Declaration of Human Rights. There are 30 basic human rights.
Universal declaration of human rights?
It is important for every citizen to know his/her basic rights as set by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a milestone historical document. The representative has belonged to different legal and cultural backgrounds from all over the world drafted it.
The Declaration was announced by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948 (General Assembly resolution 217 A) "as a common standard of achievements for all peoples and all nations. It sets out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected and it has been translated into over 500 languages."
Each year world celebrate Human Rights Day on 10 December. It is a day in which the world reobligates itself to protecting the fundamental human rights of all people without any discrimination. On this day, both governments and non-government organizations hold political conferences and exhibitions that relate to various human rights issues of the day.
It is also the day in which the UN Human Rights Prize is awarded, as well as the Nobel Peace Prize. The UN declaration of human rights is meant to empower humanity. Without ensuring human equality, freedom of expression and indiscrimination it is almost impossible to establish a peaceful society.
Thirty human rights:
1. We Are All Born Free & Equal. We are all born free. We all have our own thoughts and ideas. We should all be treated in the same way.
2. Don't Discriminate. These rights belong to everybody, whatever our differences.
3. The Right to Life. We all have the right to life, and to live in freedom and safety.
4. No Slavery. Nobody has any right to make us a slave. We cannot make anyone our slave.
5. No Torture. Nobody has any right to hurt us or to torture us.
6. You Have Rights No Matter Where You Go. I am a person just like you!
7. We're All Equal Before the Law. The law is the same for everyone. It must treat us all fairly.
8. Your Human Rights Are Protected by Law. We can all ask for the law to help us when we are not treated fairly.
9. No Unfair Detainment. Nobody has the right to put us in prison without good reason and keep us there, or to send us away from our country.
10. The Right to Trial. If we are put on trial this should be in public. The people who try us should not let anyone tell them what to do.
11. We're Always Innocent Till Proven Guilty. Nobody should be blamed for doing something until it is proven. When people say we did a bad thing we have the right to show it is not true.
12. The Right to Privacy. Nobody should try to harm our good name. Nobody has the right to come into our home, open our letters, or bother us or our family without a good reason.
13. Freedom to Move. We all have the right to go where we want in our own country and to travel as we wish.
14. The Right to Seek a Safe Place to Live. If we are frightened of being badly treated in our own country, we all have the right to run away to another country to be safe.
15. Right to a Nationality. We all have the right to belong to a country.
16. Marriage and Family. Every grown-up has the right to marry and have a family if they want to. Men and women have the same rights when they are married, and when they are separated.
17. The Right to Your Own Things. Everyone has the right to own things or share them. Nobody should take our things from us without a good reason.
18. Freedom of Thought. We all have the right to believe in what we want to believe, to have a religion, or to change it if we want.
19. Freedom of Expression. We all have the right to make up our own minds, to think what we like, to say what we think, and to share our ideas with other people.
20. The Right to Public Assembly. We all have the right to meet our friends and to work together in peace to defend our rights. Nobody can make us join a group if we don't want to.
21. The Right to Democracy. We all have the right to take part in the government of our country. Every grown-up should be allowed to choose their own leaders.
22. Social Security. We all have the right to affordable housing, medicine, education, and childcare, enough money to live on and medical help if we are ill or old.
23. Workers' Rights. Every grown-up has the right to do a job, to a fair wage for their work, and to join a trade union.
24. The Right to Play. We all have the right to rest from work and to relax.
25. Food and Shelter for All. We all have the right to a good life. Mothers and children, people who are old, unemployed, or disabled, and all people have the right to be cared for.
26. The Right to Education. Education is a right. Primary school should be free. We should learn about the United Nations and how to get on with others. Our parents can choose what we learn.
27. Copyright. Copyright is a special law that protects one's own artistic creations and writings; others cannot make copies without permission. We all have the right to our own way of life and to enjoy the good things that art, science, and learning bring.
28. A Fair and Free World. There must be proper order so we can all enjoy rights and freedoms in our own country and all over the world.
29. Responsibility. We have a duty to other people, and we should protect their rights and freedoms.
30. No One Can Take Away Your Human Rights.
Human rights abuse:
Despite the presence of the Universal Declaration, the human rights are largely bypassed in many countries. Human Rights Watch, a non-profit organization renowned for impartial reporting of human-rights violations across the globe, released its annual World Report last January.
Syria conflict is a regretful example of human rights and humanitarian law violation. More than 400,000 have died because of the Syrian conflict since 2011, according to the World Bank, with 5 million seeking refuge abroad and over 6 million displaced internally, according to UN agencies.
By June 2017, the UN also estimated that 540,000 people were still living in besieged areas. Recent ally, Human Rights Watch has documented dropping chlorine on at least eight occasions in the offensive to recapture Aleppo, indicating widespread and systematic use of chemical weapons.
The political and human rights crisis that began in Burundi in April 2015, when President Pierre Nkurunziza announced that he would run for a disputed third term, continued through 2017, as government forces targeted real and perceived opponents with near total impunity.
Security forces and intelligence services-often collaborating with members of the ruling party's youth league, known as the Imbonerakure-were responsible for numerous killings, disappearances, abductions, acts of torture, rapes, and arbitrary arrests. Unknown assailants carried out grenade and other attacks, killing or injuring many people.
World reports state that Civil society in Rwanda is very weak, due to many years of state intimidation and interference, leaving Rwandan human rights organizations largely unable to publicly document violations by state agents.
India's record on human rights has recently come under close scrutiny by humanitarian organizations, including the United Nations' Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. On June 14, the OHCHR released it's first-ever report on Kashmir, highlighting cases of extreme human-rights violations. The report was harshly criticized by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs despite substantial evidence of violence against the people of Kashmir. World still has "a long way to go" before humans can enjoy full human rights.
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