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Basic Concept of Human Rights

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Human Rights For All

By: Ali Palh

Email: alipalh@gmail.com, rightsnowpak@gmail.com

Organization:RightsnowPakistan

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Understanding the concept

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What are Human Rights?

Human rights are rights inherent to all

human beings, including you. Human

rights are rights and freedom to which allhumans are entitled. Proponents of the

concept usually assert that everyone is

endowed with certain entitlements merelyby reason of being human.

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Regardless of your Status

No matter what you NATIONALITYis

No problem where you PLACE OF

RESIDENCE

Your SEXis not an issue

Your ETHNICITY does not affect your

entitlement to rights

Your COLOR has no role in deciding your

rights

Your RELIGIONdoes not matter for you

to be right holder

LANGUAGEhas no role in entitlement of

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What are Human Rights Principles?

Universality

Inviolable

Inalienable

Indivisible

Interdependent Inter-related

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What are Human Rights Principles?

Universality Inviolable

Inalienable

Indivisible

Interdependent

Inter-related

Equality

Non-discriminatory

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TYPES OF RIGHTS: Negative and Positive Rights:

1. Negative Rights:is the right to

be left alone. Negative rights are

an absolute right whose slightestviolation breaks this right. Right

not be tortured. Duty bearer has

to refrain. 2. Positive Rights: Right to

health Right to education etc

Duty bearer has to act.

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Three Responsibilities of State

TO RESPECT YOUR HUMAN RIGHTS:

The obligation to respect means that States must refrain

from interfering with or curtailing the enjoyment of

human rights.

TO PROTECT YOUR HUMAN RIGHTS:

The obligation to protect requires States to protect

individuals and groups against human rights abuses.

TO FULFIL YOUR HUMAN RIGHTS :

The obligation to fulfill means that States must takepositive action to facilitate the enjoyment of basic human

rights. At the individual level, while we are entitled our

human rights, we should also respect the human rights

of others.

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Categories of Rights

Civil and Political Rights

Economic Social and Cultural Rights

Individual and Community Rights

Democratic Rights

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Derogable and Non-Derogable Rights

What is Derogation?Temporary deviation in the way of detracting from many of

the rights provided in the law, international or domestic. The

ACT of a state suspending the application and enjoyment ofcertain human rights upon its declaration of state of

emergency affecting the life of a whole nation.

Derogation allows an state to take necessary measures of

violating human rights norms during the derogation period.Derogation is a treaty clause (ICCPR 4).

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Non-Derogable Rights

Following rights can never be derogated

Article 6Right to Life(Article 9)

Article 7- Right not to be tortured(Article 14 Pakistani constitution)

Article 8 (paragraphs I and 2) No one shall be held in slavery (Article

11 Pakistani constitution)

Article 11No one shall be imprisoned merely on the ground of

inability to fulfil a contractual obligation.

Article 15Protection against Retrospective Punishment(Article 12

Pakistani constitution)

Article 16 -Everyone shall have the right to recognition everywhere

as a person before the law.

Article 18Freedom of thought, religion and conscience

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Under what circumstances State Declares

Emergencies

Civil War

Natural Disaster

Situations affecting

the life of the nation

Situation threatens

the public order

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What are States responsibilities under

Emergency?

To inform to the parties of ICCPR

To inform UN Secretary General about reasons and

time period

Renewal of Emergencies passed from Parliament

State of Emergencies should continue until it

needed

The rationale behind the derogation clause permitting the

suspension of certain rights is only for the sole and unique

purpose of restoring normalcy and to guarantee the exercise

of the most fundamental human ri hts.

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