L10 Human

Rights
 What are human rights?
The license to do what we please?
Human rights are “rights and freedom to
which all humans are entitled.
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.
 Why human rights are important?
• Human Rights are very important. Human
rights should be the same for all people no
matter what their background is, their
race, origin. etc. People deserve to be
accepted like we are. They have their
rights which are the same as ours and
they should be respected.
 The Origin……
It commemorates the day in 1948 the United
Nations General Assembly adopted the United
declaration of Human Rights.
Human Rights Day is observed by the
international community every year on 10
December.
The formal inception of Human Rights Day dates
from 1950, after the Assembly passed resolution
423 (V) inviting all States and interested
organizations to adopt 10 December of each year
as Human Rights Day.
 UNDHR
• It is the General Assembly that ultimately
votes to adopt human rights declarations
and conventions, which are also called
treaties or covenants. For example, in
1948 when the UN Commission on
Human Rights had completed its draft of
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
the General Assembly voted to adopt the
document.
 What are the right’s in
Pakistan?
• The Constitution offers all citizens,
individually and collectively, some basic
freedoms. These are guaranteed in the
Constitution. Right to equality, including
equality before law, prohibition of
discrimination on grounds of religion, race,
caste, sex or place of birth, and equality of
opportunity in matters of employment
• right to freedom of speech and expression
• right against exploitation, prohibiting all
forms of forced labour, child labour and
traffic in human beings
• right to constitutional remedies for
enforcement of Fundamental Rights.
 Issues for human right in
Pakistan?
• Women
• HIV/Aids
• Child Labor
• Democracy
• Human Trafficking
• Religious Violence
Commission For Human Rights in Pakistan
The Human Right Commission of Pakistan
(HRCP) was established in 1987 as an
independent non-government organization. Since
then it has developed to become an influential
country wide human rights body. The HRCP has
established a leading role in providing a highly
informed and objective voice on a national level in
the struggle for the provision of human rights for
all and democratic development in Pakistan.
HRCP’s role in highlighting human rights abuses
has been recognized not only on a national level
but also internationally.
 Commission For Human Rights at
International Level
The United Nations Commission on
Human Rights (UNCHR) was a functional
commission within the overall framework of
the United Nations from 1946 until it was
replaced by the UN Human Right Council
 The Right to life
• The right to life is one that has any human being
by the simple fact exist and be alive, is
considered a fundamental human right

• Life is the most important

right for humans. Life has several factors of human life in
their body shapes and psychological, social
life of the people through which they
perform work in common and life of nature that relates to
 human beings with other living species.
 Right to freedom of worship
 Freedom of religion or religious freedom is
a fundamental right that relates to the
choice of each individual
to freely choose their religion, choose
no (irreligion), or not to
believe or validate the existence of a  God 
 (atheism  ) And to exercise
that belief publicly, without being a
victim of oppression, discrimination,
or attempt to change. 
 This concept goes beyond mere religious 
tolerance allows, as an 
 Right to health
 Instruments of international
protection of ESCR (Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights) applicable in the Latin
American
ESC rights enshrined in international
instruments
The right to health in the international system
of protection of human rights
Briefly, the complexity of the
obligations of ESCR.
Legal requirement,
content and responsibilities under
law to health
Minimum obligations regarding the
right to health
Essential elements and
indicators of EFFICIENCY of the right to
health
 Social rights include all
Economic Rights those human rights
Economic rights include which allow citizens to
all those human rights meet their social needs,
(e.g., food, fair wage, jobs,
which give us enough
maternity leaves..)
economic resources to
meet our basic needs.
Cultural rights include
 Economic rights also all those human rights
protect us from bad and which allow citizens to
unfair treatment in our maintain and promote
workplaces.
their culture, (e.g.,
ancestral domain, type of
schooling, develop cultural
activities)
 UNDHR
Civil Rights Political Rights (human rights
• right to life which allow citizens to
• right to believe (religion) participate fully in the political
• right to your own opinion systems of their nations)
• right to free speech
• right to marry • right to vote in elections
• right to race, cultural background, • right to freely form or join
disability or belief
political parties
• right to information
• right to be an independent
• right to privacy
country
• right to citizenship
• right to stand for public office
• right to move about freely in one’s
country • right to freely disagree with
• right detention or exile views and policies of political
• right to a fair trial
 Rights & Responsibilities
Rights go hand in hand
with responsibilities.
If a person has the right to education, that
person also has the responsibility to grasp
the opportunity and to learn!
If a person has the right to health care,
that person must play his or her role in
ensuring a healthy lifestyle.
 Some Responsibilities

• A responsibility towards oneself to live healthily and happily;

• A responsibility to be courteous to other people, including

parents, educators and people from other cultures and beliefs.

• A responsibility to make a positive contribution to the well-

being of the community in which one lives.

• A responsibility to be a good citizen.

• A responsibility to contribute towards the well-being of the

wider community and the environment.
 Right to an education
• The right to education is a human right recognized
and understood as setting the right
to free compulsory primary education for all
children, an obligation to develop secondary
education accessible to all young people, as well
as equitable access to education top,
and a responsibility to provide basic education to
individuals who have not completed primary
education.
Women’s Rights Children’s Rights
The Convention includes: (UNICEF)
 Are entitlements and freedoms 
claimed for women and girls • Article 1: Definition of the child
of all ages • Article 2: Non-discrimination
 Issues commonly associated • Article 3: Best interests of the
with notions of women's rights child
include, though are not limited • Article 4: Protection of rights
to, the right: • Article 5: Parental guidance
 to bodily integrity and autonomy; • Article 6: Survival and
 to vote (suffrage); development
 to hold public office; to work; to • Article 7: Registration, name,
fair wages or equal pay; nationality, care
 To own property; 
• Article 8: Preservation of
 To education;
identity
 to serve in the military;
• Article 9: Separation from
 to enter into legal contracts; and
parents
 to have marital, parental and
• Article 10: Family reunification
religious rights.
 Children’s Rights
1. Every child is endowed with the dignity and worth of a human being
from the moment of his conception, as generally accepted in medical
parlance, and has, therefore, the right to be born well.
2. Every child has the right to a wholesome family life that will provide
him with love, care and understanding, guidance and counseling, and
moral and material security.
3. Ever child has the right to a well-rounded development of his
personality to the end that he my
become a happy, useful, and active member of society.
4. The emotionally disturbed or socially mal-adjusted child shall be
treated with sympathy and understanding, and shall be entitled to
treatment and competent care.
5. The physically or mentally handicapped child shall be given
treatment, education , and care required by his particular condition.
4. Every child has the right to a balanced diet, adequate clothing, sufficient
shelter, proper medical attention, and all the basic physical
requirements of a healthy and vigorous life.
5. Every child has the right to be brought up in an atmosphere of morality
and rectitude for the enrichment and the strengthening of his character.
6. Every child has the right to an education adequate with his abilities and
to the development of his skills for the improvement of his capacity for
service to himself and to his fellowmen.
7. Every child has the right to full opportunities for safe and wholesome
recreation and activities, individual as well as social, for the wholesome
use of his leisure hours.
8. Every child has the right to protection against exploitation, improper
influences, hazards, and other conditions, circumstances prejudicial to
his physical, mental, emotional, social, and moral development.
9. Every child has the right to live in a community and a society that can
offer him an environment free from pernicious influences and conducive
to the promotion of his health and cultivation of his desirable traits and
attributes.
10. Every child has the right to the care, assistance,
and protection of the State, particularly when his
parents or guardians fail or are unable to provide him
with his fundamental needs for growth, development,
and improvement.
11. Every child has the right to an efficient and honest
government that will deepen his faith in democracy
and inspire him with the morality of the constituted
authorities both in their public and private lives.
12. Every child has the right to grow up as a free
individual, in an atmosphere of peace, understanding,
tolerance, and universal brotherhood, and with the
determination to contribute his / her share in the
building of a better world.
 Women’s Rights
• 2010 UN Entity for Gender Equality and
Empowerment of Women (UNWomen.org)
– Grounded in a vision of equality, works for the:
• elimination of discrimination against women and girls;
• empowerment of women; and
• achievement of equality between women and men as
partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights,
humanitarian action and peace and security.
• India & Pakistan highly effected
 Women’s Rights
• Commission on the Status of Women- has
elaborated international guidelines and laws for
women’s equality and non-discrimination
– 1979 Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination
against Women
• Committee on the Elimination of
Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
– monitors the 1979 Convention, considers reports,
assesses progress, etc.
 Women in National Parliaments
Regional Averages (%)
Pacific
Arab States
Asia
Both Houses Combined
Sub-Saharan Africa
Upper House or Senate
Europe- OSCE Member…
Europe- OSCE Member… Single House or Lower
Americas House

Nordic Countries

0 20 40 60 80 100
 What causes this issue?
• This happens because of religious beliefs,
poverty, and racism. In Africa the problem is
mostly because of poverty. In South America
the problem is poverty and racism. In Asia the
problem is poverty and beliefs. And in the
Middle East the problem is racism and
religious beliefs.
 Who is involved?

• The main countries with human rights problems are in the

Middle East. In some countries, women aren’t even allowed to
drive! There are also smaller problems all over the world that
involve human rights. The UN is also involved because they
are trying to help these people without equal rights so that they
will have their rights. The people who make the rules in
countries so that not everyone has equal rights are involved
because they are the cause of the problem of people having
fewer rights than others.
 Who is affected and how?
• The ones who are affected are the people who don’t have human
rights because of poverty or racism and many other reasons.
Poverty because, if they are poor they might not be able to
afford medical treatment but most of all proper education.
Racism because they might not get a job because of their skin
color or any other reason.
 Conclusion.
• The Human Rights are the one side of a
coin that gives them their desire freedom
and the another side is the responsibility
which they have to pay in return of these
freedom…..
• If we have the human right to live safely,
so it’s also our responsibility not to suffer
others’ life.