Human Rights

• People who commit common crimes

  Individually liable against national penal laws
• When a person or agency representing a State has committed abuse against an individual or group


  That is human rights violation
• State representativesinclude but are not limited to the following

  • Government
  • Parliament
  • Courts
  • Prosecutors
  • Armed forces
  • Law enforcement officials
• All of us are born free, equal, and dignified
• Human rights


  Inherent entitlements that every person has
• In the Philippines, we have the CHR or Commission on Human Rights
• CHR


  Mandated to conduct investigations on human rights violations against marginalized and vulnerable sectors of the society, involving civil and political rights
• Human rights as stipulated in the Philippine constitution

  • BILL of RIGHTS
  • The Bill of Rights is the declaration and enumeration of the individual rights and privileges and is designed to protect individuals against violations and a limitation upon the power of the state
• Better understanding of human rights


  Better promotion of justice and social welfare
• Three main types of HUMAN RIGHTS

  • Absolute Human Rights
  • Limited Human Rights
  • Qualified Human Rights
• Absolute Human Rights


  Rights that cannot be restricted in any way
• Examples of absolute rights

  • Prohibition of torture
  • Prohibition of summary execution
  • Right to life
• Limited Human Rights


  Rights that can be limited in specific circumstances
• Example of limited rights

  • Right to liberty
• Qualified Human Rights


  Rights that can be interfered with in order to protect the rights of other individuals or the public interest
• Examples of qualified rights

  • Right to respect for private and family life
  • Right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion
  • Freedom of assembly and association
• The concept of collective rights

  Emerged because individual human rights do not guarantee adequate protection for these groups exhibiting collective or social characteristics
• Those groups are facing various threats to their health, security, livelihood, their environment, and their very survival may depend upon the recognition and protection of their collective rights
• Human rights are divided into three separate generations based on civil and political rights; economic, social, and cultural rights; collective or solidarity rights
• Collective Rights


  Rights applicable to individuals, while some are only relevant to groups, sectors, or communities
• Cyrus cylinder


  from which human rights were born
• Understanding Human Rights

  People who commit common crimes are individually liable against national penal laws.
• Cyrus the Great


  the first king of Persia who freed the slaves of Babylon
• Magna Carta


  Once a king from England agreed no one could overrule the rights of the people
• Mahatma Gandi


  Insisted that all the people had human rights