Human Rights - Notes PDF
Human Rights - Notes PDF
COLLECTIVE RIGHTS
Human Rights
The aggregate of privileges, claim, benefits, Also known as the third generation of solidarity
entitlements and moral guarantees that pertain to rights.
man because of his humanity. Intended to benefit individuals, groups and peoples
A human person possesses rights because of the very and its realization will need global cooperation
fact that it is a person and which consequently is not based on international liberty.
merely a reason to an end, but an end which must be
treated as such. Examples:
Also defined as “legal and moral entitlements that Right to peace
have evolved as a basis for constructing how state Right to development
power is used and particularly to limit its use against Environmental rights
the rights of citizens. Right to self-determination
Right to food
Rights of women
3 GENERATIONS OF RIGHTS:
Rights of children
FIRST GENERATION OF CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS Right to humanitarian disaster relief
Right to water (latest addition)
Also known as first generation of liberty rights.
Civil and political rights are individual rights against
the state and are partly seen as negative because
they prevent the state from the performance of
certain acts that are considered harmful.
Examples:
Right to life, liberty, and security of a person
Right against torture
Right to equal protection against any
discrimination
Right against arbitrary arrest and detention
Right to fair and public hearing by an
independent and impartial tribunal
Right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty
Right to privacy, freedom of opinion and
expression
Examples:
Right to work
Right to social security
Right to form and join trade unions
Right to education
Right to rest and leisure
Right to health
Right to shelter