HUMAN RIGHTS

What are human rights? 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. These rights are all interrelated, interdependent and indivisible.

PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN RIGHTS

Universal and inalienable

Interdependent* and indivisible*

*that depend on each other

*that can not be divided into seperate parts

Equal and non-discriminatory Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: “All

human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.”

Human Rights Issues Adequate Housing Business and Human Rights Children Civil and Political Rights Climate change Cultural rights Democracy Detention Development (Good Governance and

Debt) Disability and Human Rights Disappearances Discrimination Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Education Environment Executions Food Freedom of Opinion and Expression Freedom of peaceful assembly and of

association Freedom of Religion and Belief Gender Globalization (Business, Trade and

Investment)

Health HIV/AIDS Human Rights Defenders Human rights education and training Human Rights Indicators Impunity Independence of Judiciary Indigenous Peoples Internal Displacement International Order International Solidarity Mercenaries Migration Millenium Development Goals and Human

Rights Minorities Older persons Poverty Racism Rule of Law Situations Slavery Terrorism Torture

Human Rights Day is observed by the international community every year on 10 December. It commemorates* the day in 1948 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights(UDHR).

* to remind people of an important person or event from the past with a special action or object

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