Human rights are the rights and freedoms that we all have
- Some human rights are based on our physical needs; the right to life, to food, to shelter.
- Other human rights protect us; the right to be free from torture, cruel treatment and abuse.
- Human rights are also there to ensure we develop to our fullest potential; the right to education, to work, to participate in your community.
- Everybody has human rights, it doesn’t matter who you are, where you come from, what language you speak or what religion you belong to. You have a duty to respect the rights of others, just as they have a duty to respect yours. Nobody can take your rights away
Where do human rights come from?
Human rights are based on the values of:
- Dignity
- Justice
- Respect
- Equality
Human rights were officially recognised as values by the world when the united nation was set up.
What is the United Nations?
- The United Nations is an international organisation that was established in 1945, the year the Second World War ended.
- Its founder hoped it would be able to prevent catastrophes like the holocaust from happening in the future.
- So promoting human rights became an aim of the UN, along with maintaining international peace and reducing poverty.
The universal declaration of human rights
The United Nations universal declaration of human rights is the most famous human rights agreement in the world. It contains 30 human rights.
This is according to the UDHR.
Who wrote the UDHR?
The people who wrote the UDHR came from: Australia, Chile, China, France, Lebanon, the former soviet union, the UK and the US
