Know Your Rights

1. Know Your Rights Take notes on the back of your worksheet. Follow the directions on each slide!

2. Development of Human Rights***Make a timeline using the dates below*** Religious ideas The Hindu, the Bible, the Koran, and the Analects of Confucius address questions of people’s duties, rights, and responsibilities the Code of Hammurabi, • Inca and Aztec codes of conduct and justice Efforts in the 19th century to prohibit the slave trade and to limit the horrors of war are prime examples. In 1919, International Labor Organization (ILO) established to protect workers Written documents asserting individual rights, - the Magna Carta (1215), - the English Bill of Rights (1689), • the French Declaration on the Rights of Man and Citizen (1789), • the US Constitution and Bill of Rights (1791) On December 10, 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted by the 56 members of the United Nations.

3. United Nations definition of human rights Human Rights are universal legal guarantees protecting individuals and groups against actions which interfere with fundamental freedoms and human dignity. ***Rewrite this statement in your own words***

4. Some of the most important characteristics of human rights are the following: 1. They are internationally recognized 2. They are legally protected 3. They focus on the dignity of the human being 4. They protect individuals and groups 5. They obligate the State to enforce them 6. They cannot be waived/taken away 7. They are equal and interdependent • They are universal ***Rewrite these statements in your own words***

5. Human rights are: • Universal – everyone should enjoy human rights without discriminationas to sex, age, language, religion, or race • Inviolable – human rights are an essential element of one’s humanity. It cannot be violated unless determined by law and solely for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights of others and of meeting the just requirements of the general welfare, morality and public order in a democratic society • Interdependent- certain rights cannot be sacrificed in favor of other rights because taken together, these rights make human beings whole. • ***Check your notes to see if you are correct***

6. What are the different groups of rights According to nature: 1. Civil rights - rights of individuals to be protected from arbitrary interference by government in their life liberty and security, freedom to travel, right to due process. 2. Political rights - rights of individuals to interfere and participate in the affairs of the governments e.g. right to vote, stand for election, participate in state and social management, freedom of speech, press, assembly 3. Social, economic and cultural rights -progressive demands of the people to improve their standard of living. e.g. right to education, work, healthy and working environment, practice of religion use of one’s language and enjoy one’s culture. • ***List each underlined term and make a list below each***

7. According to recipient • Individual rights - Rights accorded to individuals such as the rights to life, education, health, work.. rights to suffrage: freedom of expression, freedom from torture, right to speedy trial • Collective/Group Rights– are rights given to a specified vulnerable group which may be exercised because of one’s membership to such community such as women’s rights, children’s rights, indigenous people’s rights • ***List each underlined term and make a list below each***

8. Who is responsible to implement human rights? The STATE has the primary responsibility to: • Respect– required refraining from interfering with the enjoyment of the right • Protect – requires the prevention of violations of such rights by other persons or third party • Fulfill– requires States to take appropriate legislative, administrative, budgetary, judicial and other measure towards the full realization of such rights. • ***List each responsibility and explain it using your own words***

9. Nature of human rights violation by the State • Omission – the non interference or inaction of the state in any situation that requires action to respect, protect or fulfill the human rights of its citizen • Commission/ breach- any act by the government in violation of any covenant or instrument on human rights which the State is committed to uphold • Arbitrary derogation – violation due to arbitrary suspension of liberty ( emergency rule, martial rules, authoritarian regime) • ***List each Violation and explain it using your own words***

10. What are international human rights standard? What is the UDHR? • The UDHR is the minimum and common standard of achievement for all peoples • The UN General Assembly adopted it on December 10, 1948. (Human Rights Day) • It has 30 Articles 3-21 present the civil and political rights. • Articles 22- 27 set forth for the economic, social and cultural rights. • Articles 28-30 set forth for the promotion, protection, and fulfillment of the UDHR.