Practical Work Human Rights
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We are all people: intelligent beings, capable of loving, of moving forward with a
free and autonomous activity, of transforming nature, of creating, etc. These
capabilities that transform the existence of human beings and differentiate them from
rest of the creatures of nature.
In order to develop as human beings, we all have rights. It doesn't matter
our skin color, our material possessions, our gender, religion or ideas
policies. No one can take away those rights from us for any reason or under any
circumstance. These rights that all human beings have simply for being so are
they are called Human Rights.
Starting from the 19th century, the conception of the world that underlies the organization of
Our societies respond to the idea that every Human Being has rights.
inherent to their dignity as a person. These rights relate them to power
public and links it to society. For its part, the State has, by virtue of its function and
from their commitments to other states, the duty to respect and guarantee them, and to
organize the necessary actions to satisfy their full exercise.
This awareness regarding the rights of individuals is new in the history of
humanity. In the Middle Ages, it was believed that people had rights and obligations.
from their belonging to a social group and not by the condition of being a person
individual. The servants (those who worked), the priests, the lords (who
they were warring) and, later on, the bourgeois who engaged in commercial activities
and artisanal ones, had different duties and privileges.
Starting in the 18th century, the concept that human beings began to spread,
they had rights due to their membership in the gender and that, therefore, they were inherently theirs from
its birth. Human Rights have had a history linked to the
main events that led to the formation of the current world.
Throughout the history of humanity, there have been men who exercised power.
about others and who enjoyed privileges. These forms of inequality were reflected in
the organization of human societies. But there were also those who resisted.
and they rebelled against this order of things: an important part of the struggles of the
humanity was carried out to advance towards increasingly egalitarian forms of
treatment among people.
Characteristics of Human Rights
Currently, Human Rights are considered to be the powers of
states recognize individuals to guarantee their dignity as human beings,
his freedom and his equality.
Characteristics of Human Rights:
They are Universal, no one can be excluded from these rights.
They are natural, originating from the very nature of people, in their dignity.
Inalienable Rights, no person can renounce them and the State cannot
modify them.
They are inviolable; to attack them means to attack the human condition.
They are Mandatory, imposing on every person or State the obligation to respect them.
They are Indivisible, the violation of one of them jeopardizes the validity of all.
others
HUMAN RIGHTS BACKGROUND
1215: The Magna Carta, which granted new rights to the people and made the king subject to the law.
subject to the law.
1628: The Petition of Rights, which established the rights of the people.
1776: The Declaration of Independence of the United States, which proclaimed the
the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
1789: The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, a document of
France established that all citizens are equal before the law.
1948: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the first document that
proclaims the 30 rights that every human being is entitled to
Human Rights
From World War I until the mid-20th century, the world experienced several
events in which human dignity was attacked like never before in
the history. Humanity suffered wars, serious persecutions and genocides of groups
ethnic groups, such as Jews, Roma, and Armenians, the use of nuclear weapons,
political persecution, etc. At the end of World War II, the nations
they began to show signs of concern to prevent possible repetitions of the
crimes committed during wars. Thus, the UN (United Nations Organization
United Nations), officially founded on October 24, 1945 and other organizations
international efforts intensified to achieve the sanction of documents that
they will guarantee respect for Human Rights in all countries. Since then
Various international treaties were signed that commit the signatory nations.
to ensure its compliance.
In 1948, the member countries of the UN signed the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights and, in 1966, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant on Civil Rights
Politicians.
In the 1990s, the main concern of international organizations
on Human Rights focused on the violations of these rights by
part of the states, both in cases where dignity is directly attacked
human like in those where public authorities show indifference in
occasions on which they should act..
Currently many governments are directing their actions to prevent the
sexual, ethnic, religious, and cultural discrimination, and to take measures that promote
equal opportunities, both in the labor market and in access to
education and the possibilities of leading a dignified life.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Ethics and Citizen Education, Santillana Publishing 8 EGB 2001