Human Dignity and Human Rights

• Human rights


  Rights (entitlements) that belong to human beings because they are human beings, rooted in our dignity
• Human rights


  • Not given by the government or the law, the government has the primary obligation, they are guaranteed by the law
• Principles of human rights

  • Universality
  • Inalienability
  • Indivisibility and Interdependence
  • Non-discrimination
• Human rights-based approach


  A consideration of both what you are going to do and how you are going to do it, to ensure human rights are meaningfully embedded
• Elements of a human rights-based approach

  • People or human-centered, centered on their rights (entitlements)
  • Participation continuum
  • Accountability
  • Non-discrimination, equality and attention to vulnerable groups
  • Empowerment
  • Linkages to human rights standards: progressive realization and non-retrogression
• Components of the National Service Training Program (NSTP)

  • Reserved Officers' Training Corps
  • Literacy Training Service
  • Civic Welfare Training Service
• Suggested NSTP projects and classroom activities

  • Partner with human rights organizations in and out of government: involve human rights defenders and victims of human rights violations
  • Educate people about their rights
  • Advocate for human rights
  • Help in protecting human rights
  • Help in preventing human rights violations
  • Be involved in other general activities that broadly relate to human rights (ex. legal caravans, blood-letting activities)
• Nations will rise and fall, but equality remains the ideal. The universal aim is to achieve respect for the entire human race, not for the dominant few.
• Human rights


  Rights (entitlements) that belong to human beings because they are human beings, rooted in our dignity
• Human rights


  • Not given by the government or the law, the government has the primary obligation, they are guaranteed by the law
• Principles of human rights

  • Universality
  • Inalienability
  • Indivisibility and Interdependence
  • Non-discrimination
• Human rights-based approach


  A consideration of both what you are going to do and how you are going to do it, to ensure human rights are meaningfully embedded
• Elements of a human rights-based approach

  • People or human-centered, centered on their rights (entitlements)
  • Participation continuum
  • Accountability
  • Non-discrimination, equality and attention to vulnerable groups
  • Empowerment
  • Linkages to human rights standards: progressive realization and non-retrogression
• Components of the National Service Training Program (NSTP)

  • Reserved Officers' Training Corps
  • Literacy Training Service
  • Civic Welfare Training Service
• Suggested NSTP projects and classroom activities

  • Partner with human rights organizations in and out of government: involve human rights defenders and victims of human rights violations
  • Educate people about their rights
  • Advocate for human rights
  • Help in protecting human rights
  • Help in preventing human rights violations
  • Be involved in other general activities that broadly relate to human rights (ex. legal caravans, blood-letting activities)
• Nations will rise and fall, but equality remains the ideal. The universal aim is to achieve respect for the entire human race, not for the dominant few.
• Human rights


  Rights (entitlements) that belong to human beings because they are human beings, rooted in our dignity
• Human rights


  • Not given by the government or the law, the government has the primary obligation, they are guaranteed by the law
• Principles of human rights

  • Universality
  • Inalienability
  • Indivisibility and Interdependence
  • Non-discrimination
• Human rights-based approach


  A consideration of both what you are going to do and how you are going to do it, to ensure human rights are meaningfully embedded
• Elements of a human rights-based approach

  • People or human-centered, centered on their rights (entitlements)
  • Participation continuum
  • Accountability
  • Non-discrimination, equality and attention to vulnerable groups
  • Empowerment
  • Linkages to human rights standards: progressive realization and non-retrogression
• Components of the National Service Training Program (NSTP)

  • Reserved Officers' Training Corps
  • Literacy Training Service
  • Civic Welfare Training Service
• Suggested NSTP projects and classroom activities

  • Partner with human rights organizations in and out of government: involve human rights defenders and victims of human rights violations
  • Educate people about their rights
  • Advocate for human rights
  • Help in protecting human rights
  • Help in preventing human rights violations
  • Be involved in other general activities that broadly relate to human rights (ex. legal caravans, blood-letting activities)
• Nations will rise and fall, but equality remains the ideal. The universal aim is to achieve respect for the entire human race, not for the dominant few.
• Human rights


  Rights (entitlements) that belong to human beings because they are human beings, rooted in our dignity
• Human rights


  • Not given by the government or the law, the government has the primary obligation, they are guaranteed by the law
• Principles of human rights

  • Universality
  • Inalienability
  • Indivisibility and Interdependence
  • Non-discrimination
• Human rights-based approach


  A consideration of both what you are going to do and how you are going to do it, to ensure human rights are meaningfully embedded
• Elements of a human rights-based approach

  • People or human-centered, centered on their rights (entitlements)
  • Participation continuum
  • Accountability
  • Non-discrimination, equality and attention to vulnerable groups
  • Empowerment
  • Linkages to human rights standards: progressive realization and non-retrogression
• Components of the National Service Training Program (NSTP)

  • Reserved Officers' Training Corps
  • Literacy Training Service
  • Civic Welfare Training Service
• Suggested NSTP projects and classroom activities

  • Partner with human rights organizations in and out of government: involve human rights defenders and victims of human rights violations
  • Educate people about their rights
  • Advocate for human rights
  • Help in protecting human rights
  • Help in preventing human rights violations
  • Be involved in other general activities that broadly relate to human rights (ex. legal caravans, blood-letting activities)
• Nations will rise and fall, but equality remains the ideal. The universal aim is to achieve respect for the entire human race, not for the dominant few.