Protecting Dignity: Exploring the Importance of Human Rights

• HUMAN RIGHTS

  This term came from the Latin word ius meaning what is due or owed to an individual.
• HUMAN RIGHTS

  Iustitia or Justice roots also from the word ius.
• HUMAN RIGHTS

  Human rights is a cluster of basic principles concerning what is universally binding on the conscience of human beings.
• HUMAN RIGHTS

  This include legal rights and moral values
• DEFINITION

  Human rights, according to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, refers to norms that aim to protect people from political, legal, and social abuses.
• DEFINITION

  Human rights can also be classified under individual, collective, civil, political, economic and social, and cultural.
• SCOPE OF HUMAN RIGHTS

  FREEDOM BASED - Deals with civil & political rights, includes social freedom and equality. Such as the right to equal education and opportunities regardless of personal background.
• SCOPE OF HUMAN RIGHTS

  NEEDS BASED - Deals with social and economic rights. Seeks to provide equal opportunity for material needs through resources such as healthcare.
• DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS

  CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS - This is focused on ‘freedom from’ instead of ‘right to’, stemming from American and French revolutions. In this stage,  the state’s control is limited. 

  Examples:  freedom from arbitrary arrest, detention, torture etc.
• DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS

  ECONOMIC SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS - A needs based rights focused on ‘rights to’ instead of ‘freedom from’ stemming from Marxist & Socialist ideas. 

  Examples:  rights to security, work, rest & leisure, protection against unemployment.
• DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS

  SOLIDARITY RIGHTS - This is rooted in events and period of WW2. Presented as collective rights having individual dimension. 

  Example: the right to peace satisfies human needs and at the same time benefits the individual person. — These are found in Article 28 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).
• RIGHT TO HUMAN DIGNITY

  Human rights, which promote and protect human dignity is concerned not only with what is right based on the law, but also with what is moral, right, and just across human relationships.
• RIGHT TO HUMAN DIGNITY

  Human Rights have the following characteristics:

  • THEY ARE MORAL RIGHTS.
  • THEY ARE ENTITLED TO EVERYONE.
  • THEY ARE UNALTERABLE OR  CANNOT BE CHANGED.       
• CATEGORIES OF HUMAN RIGHTS

  CIVIL & POLITICAL RIGHTS - Protects individual’s freedom as a citizen of the country.

  • Right to life, to vote, to freedom of expression, to equality under the law, to an identity, to freedom of movement etc.
• CATEGORIES OF HUMAN RIGHTS

  ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, & CULTURAL - Guarantees the person a decent life and dignity as a citizen.

  • Right to education, food, clean water, physical and mental health, housing, security of work  etc.
• CATEGORIES OF HUMAN RIGHTS

  EQUALITY - Guarantees the person equal treatment regardless of economic status, intellectual capacity, level of education, gender, religion, or beliefs.
• CATEGORIES OF HUMAN RIGHTS

  COLLECTIVE - Given to community.

  • Right to self determination such as the freedom to plan the direction of the community and on how to achieve progress.
• RIGHTS

  CHILDREN’S RIGHTS - Children are highly vulnerable & prone to being victims of human rights violations.
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  CHILDREN’S RIGHTS

  
  

  RA 7610 - An act providing for Stronger Deterrence & Special Protection Against Child Abuse, Exploitation, & Discrimination and for other purposes.
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  CHILDREN’S RIGHTS

  
  

  United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) - agency that helps countries provide proper access to healthcare, nutrition, functional education, clean drinking water, sanitation, & other basic services.
• RIGHTS

  WOMEN’S RIGHTS - The current state of women’s rights is a result of several years’ worth of efforts to change the treatment of women.
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  WOMEN’S RIGHTS

  
  

  Convention on the Political Rights of Women - allowed women voting and election rights.
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  WOMEN’S RIGHTS

  
  

  Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women - guaranteed equal rights to acquire property.
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  WOMEN’S RIGHTS

  
  

  Philippine Commission on Women - in charge of policy making aims to promote and strengthen equality and justice for women.
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  WOMEN’S RIGHTS

  
  

  Anticatcalling Ordinance of Quezon City - penalizes guilty offenders of street level sexual harassment on women.
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  WOMEN’S RIGHTS

  
  

  RA 11313 Safe Streets and Public Spaces Act (Anti-Bastos Law) -authored by Sen. Risa Hontiveros. Addresses abuse committed to women including members of the LGBTQ. Signed into law by former Pres. Rodrigo R. Duterte.
• RIGHTS

  RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES - Persons with disabilities are individuals whose abilities are restricted as a result of mental, physical, or sensory impairment.
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  RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

  
  

  Proclamation 1870 - designated July as National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation month.
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  RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

  
  

  National Council for the welfare of Disabled Persons - takes care of the concerns of PWDs.
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  RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

  
  

  Batas Pambansa 344 - Accessibility Law, required buildings to have a ramp.
• RIGHTS

  INDIGENOUS PEOPLES RIGHTS - Indigenous Filipino people are those who lived in the country from the very beginning before the arrival of the Spaniards. Having their own culture, beliefs, and practices.
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  INDIGENOUS PEOPLES RIGHTS

  
  

  RA 8371 - The Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act of 1997 covers the Ancestral Domain rights of IP’s.
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  RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

  • Self-Governance and Empowerment
  • Social Justice and Human Rights
  • Cultural Integration.
• SCOPE OF HUMAN RIGHTS

  • FREEDOM BASED
  • NEEDS BASED
• DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS

  CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS

  ECONOMIC SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS

  SOLIDARITY RIGHTS
• CATEGORIES OF HUMAN RIGHTS

  CIVIL & POLITICAL RIGHTS

  ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, & CULTURAL

  EQUALITY

  COLLECTIVE