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The International Bill Human Rights

The International Bill of Human Rights comprises five core treaties aimed at advancing fundamental freedoms and protecting human rights globally. It influences government and non-state actions to prioritize economic, social, and cultural rights in policy-making. The foundational documents include the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and several international covenants related to civil, political, and economic rights.

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The International Bill Human Rights

The International Bill of Human Rights comprises five core treaties aimed at advancing fundamental freedoms and protecting human rights globally. It influences government and non-state actions to prioritize economic, social, and cultural rights in policy-making. The foundational documents include the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and several international covenants related to civil, political, and economic rights.

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THE INTERNATIONAL

BILL OF HUMAN
RIGHTS
• The International Bill of Human Rights consist of the FIVE
CORE HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES of the United Nations that
function to advance the fundamental freedoms and to protect the
basic human rights of all people.
• The bill influences the decisions and actions of Government, State,
and Non- State actors to make economic, social and cultural rights
a top- priority in the formation and implementation of national,
regional and international policy and law.
THE FIVE DOCUMENTS ARE THE FOUNDATION OF
THE INTERNATIONAL BILL OF HUMAN RIGHTS :

• 1. UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (UDHR)


• 2. INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL
RIGHTS
• 3. INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS
• 4. OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL
AND POLITICAL RIGHTS
• 5. SECOND OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON
CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, AIMING AT THE ABOLITION OF THE DEATH
PENALTY
I. THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF
HUMAN RIGHTS (UDHR)
• It was adopted and proclaimed by General Assembly of Forty eight States
voted in favor of Declaration, none against , with eight abstentions.
• The declaration was proclaimed by the United Nations Assembly in Paris
on December 10, 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 500 languages.
ARTICLE 1

• All human beings are born free and equal in


dignity and rights. They are endowed with
reason and conscience and should act
towards one another in a spirit of
brotherhood.
ARTICLE 2

• Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in


this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race,
colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national
or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no
distinction shall be made on the basis of the political,
jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to
which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-
self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.
ARTICLE 3

• Everyone has the right to life, liberty and


security of person.
ARTICLE 4
• No one shall be held in slavery or servitude;
slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited
in all their forms.
ARTICLE 5

• No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel,


inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
ARTICLE 6
• Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere
as a person before the law.

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