3. • Meaning : Human rights are the basic rights and freedoms that
belong to every person in the world,from birth until death.
• Cannot be given or taken away include civil, political, economic,
social and cultural rights
• Are interdependent and indivisible.,
5. The origins of Human Rights are ideally pinpointed to the
year 539 BC. When the troops of Cyrus the Great conquered Babylon. Cyrus
freed the slaves, declared that all people had the right to choose their own
religion, and established racial equality.
7. OBJECTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS
1) To protect human being
2) To develop individual self respect
3) To value human dignity
4) To promote respect, understanding and appreciation of diversity
5) To promote democracy, social Justice and friendship among
people and nations.
8. SOURCESOF HUMANRIGHTS
1) Universal declaration of human rights
2) International treaties and covenants
3) International customs
4) Judicial decision
5) Official documents
9. KINDS OF HUMAN RIGHTS
1) Civil and Political rights
2) Economic and Social rights
3) Collective rights
10. • CIVILAND POLITICAL RIGHTS:-Rights contained in the covenants of
Civil and Political come under this category that see their origin in the
13th century in Magna cara
E .g :- Right to life ,liberty , right to privacy right to freedom from
torture and inhuman treatment.
11. • ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RIGHTS:-These rights refer to economic
and social rights which are considered to have been originated in
the Russian Revolution of 1917 and in the Paris peace conference of
1919.
• E.g:-Food , Clothes, house etc.
12. • COLLECTIVE RIGHTS :-Individuals are also members of such units,
group or communities and state, therefore, international law not
only recognizes inalienable rights of individuals, but also recognizes
certain collective rights.
• E.g:-Right to self determination, right to peace and development
etc.
