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The European Union and
Human Rights
Historical context
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What are human rights?
Human rights are rights
inherent to all human
beings, whatever our
nationality, place of
residence, sex, national
or ethnic origin, colour,
religion, language, or any
other status.
We are all equally
entitled to our human
rights without
discrimination.
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Martin Luther King
Our life loses meaning
at the moment when
we begin to keep silent
about things that
matter.
Fighter for human rights in 20 C
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Historical evolution of human rights
Code of Hammurabi -
the king of Babylon,
who ruled 2000 BC;
Origin the idea for the
human rights.
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Human Rights
John Locke - author of
rights of man;
1628 in England Act
petition for Human
Rights;
includes limiting royal
power through the
recognition of individual
rights and freedoms.
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French bourgeois revolution
Declaration of the
Rights of Man and of
the Citizen - 1789;
Introduces the principle
of equality;
Proclaims private
property as sacred and
inviolable.
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The evolution of Human Rights
•Includes economic
•Social rights
•Cultural rights
19-20
• The rights
associated with the
development of
medical technology
• The right to a
healthy
environment
• The right of access
and dissemination
of information
• Rights and
freedoms as a result
of the progress of
humanity
20-21
• Include civil
• Political rights
17-18
throughout
the ages
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Universal instruments to protect
human rights
Establishment of the United
Nations - San Francisco;
The Commission on Human
Rights;
Universal Declaration of
Human Rights;
International Covenant on
Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights;
The International Covenant
on Civil and Political Rights.
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Charter of Fundamental Rights of the
European Union - 2000, the town Nice
Freedoms
Equality
Solidarity
Citizens’
Rights
Justice
General
Provisions
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Human Rights Day
Human Rights Day is
observed by the
international community
every year on 10
December;
It commemorates the day
in 1948 the United
Nations General;
Assembly adopted the
Universal Declaration of
Human Rights.
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Children of Europe
1959 - Declaration on the rights of child
1989 - Convention on the Rights of the child
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The future of children and
all people in Europe
Respect for human rights entails responsibilities
and duties towards other people, to the human
community, to future generations.
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Editor's Notes
17-18 in - include civil and political rights enshrined by the bourgeois political revolutions, called a classic.
19-20 in. - Includes economic, social and cultural rights
20-21 in. - Rights and freedoms as a result of the progress of humanity: the right of access and dissemination of information, the right to a healthy environment, the rights associated with the development of medical technology.
Provides basic human rights in member states.
Protects the personal freedom of citizens.
Guaranteed set of social rights and freedoms.
Preamble and fifty-four members covered in seven chapters.
Preamble and fifty-four members covered in seven chapters.