The Importance Of Human Rights

Individual Rights are rights that a person has that include the freedom to think, act, work, and behave. Freedom of speech, the right to live, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, and many more similar rights are rights that we have as individuals. It all started on December 10, 1948 when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted. Individual Rights provide us with freedom that cannot be interfered by no one including the government. The moral principle of the Individual Rights is “right” which symbolizing the freedom we each have. We hold the freedom of action meaning us as individuals get to do what we desire. Right shows a positive which is what we hold when we have the obligation of doing something.

It is important to adopt a human rights approach to care and education in practice as children are looked upon as vunerable in society as they cannot express or defend themselves, therefore they need us to do that for them. Every child is equal no matter what gender, ethnicity, religion, language or ability. Because of this, every child should have their rights valued and respected in a care and education practice. Not only is it upto the carer in education practice to make sure that a human rights approach is adopted, but it is upto everyone. Many people say that being in school/nursery is the best years of their lives therefore it is upto us to make sure that in a care or education practice that a human rights approach is taken to ensure that this is the same for all children. It is important to adopt a human rights approach so that all children are developing and learning to their full potential. Also, when at school/nursery, the way others act towards you could impact on how you act towards others. Therefore, by making sure the children are meeting their rights will then hopefully make sure that they will make sure others do.

Indigenous peoples is a term especially used in the international context to recognize the existence of ancestral peoples who existed prior to the formation of modern nation-states and whose way of life was, and is, historically denied, outraged and discriminated against. In September 2007 the United Nations Declaration on the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples was signed. This represents a huge discursive change within the international context when recognizing the importance of indigenous people’s livelihoods. Indigenous ethos versus western ethos is extremely different in how they identify themselves. Indigenous peoples characteristically

The Declaration that many years ago, civil society members and indigenous communities could only dream of being recognized, the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People, is a hallmark of the evolving world order towards human rights recognition. One metric in which one can measure the progress and effectiveness of the United Nations, is in its capacity to

It is important to understand that even today, state resistance to indigenous self-determination prevails. In addition, democracy does take the opinions of the minority into consideration as it relies on fulfilling the interests of the majority. In this case, the indigenous peoples are repressed and have their rights infringed. The government should be mindful that they are obligated to provide legally binding human rights standards for indigenous peoples as part of ensuring that its system democracy is not

In the peer-reviewed journal, “Indigenous Peoples and Multicultural Citizenship: Bridging Collective and Individual Rights,” Cindy L. Holder and Jeff J. Corntassel discuss the revaluation, problems, and restrictions of existing human rights instruments while examining the liberal-individualist and corporatist perspectives. This journal was written in response to the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was “ …. a milestone for universal legal protection of individuals” (Holder and Corntassel 126). When the existing human right means were reexamined due to the anniversary, there were several problems that arose. First, there is the absence of promoting universal acceptance of group rights when compared to

The definition of the term human rights is described as the essential universal entitlements afforded to all humans. These rights are the underpinning of certain principles including that of liberty, fairness and respect of human dignity. Human rights must be acknowledged and protected by government agencies to ensure that these rights are taken into account in law, the process of legislation, public policy and politics.1 However many groups within society remain marginalised and vulnerable to human rights violations. The focus issue that will be discussed in this essay is the right to liberty- to not be apprehended in arbitrary custody, which interferes with the inherent human right to liberty, and the chosen vulnerable group is asylum seekers. Due to circumstances outside of their control the persons in this group flee their homelands in an effort to escape crisis and persecution, such as religious and political persecution.2 Every human has the right of asylum, as stated in article 14 of the Universal Declaration Of Human Rights, however asylum seekers are vulnerable due to violations of their human rights. Governments around the globe including Australia have not fulfilled their legal obligations toward asylum seekers and have in fact violated human rights and specific rights of asylum seekers which have been outlined in the 1951 UN Convention in relation to status of refugees.3

The United Nations’ (UN’s) Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) has been moderately successful in promoting equality around the world. Its commitment to ensuring the rights of humans are upheld is admirable, and the easy-access document concisely summarised into thirty articles is immensely helpful. However, its implementation into particular situations is not always effective. In some situations, the declaration has been astonishingly unsuccessful in promoting equality, such as its failure to create equality and justice between the white and Indigenous populations of Australia in the late 1940s to the 1970s. However, in other situations—particularly in more recent years—the declaration has been quite effective in bringing about changes

Moreover, indigenous people are still facing a lot of problems that uncomforted them to live a normal life like they used too few hundred years ago. First, the security of their territories and resources has been severely affected in recent decades throughout the entire region. In addition, the competition between the governments of the region to attract new investments to subsoil resources or biodiversity where these large-scale projects with expected impacts has led to a series of conflicts not only with them, but also with the international institutions in charge of monitoring compliance with human rights. Furthermore, the lowest life and economic levels of the indigenous peoples. In addition, the right of indigenous people to participate and decision-making of their societies and how it conflicts with

The “UNDRIP” could serve as a tool for liberation that can reverse underdevelopment in developing countries, particularly where indigenous peoples constitute the majority. The rights set out in the UNDRIP can address multiple indigenous marginalization and the remains of colonization creating an environment for indigenous empowerment. UNDRIP addresses inequality through a direct and meaningful application such that no human being is seen as superior to another. Although the UNDRIP is not a legally binding document but it is a giant leap to address indigenous disadvantage

This webpage outlines the discussion of the 2014 United Nations (UN) world conference on indigenous peoples. It brings together in succinct detail the outcomes and objectives, promoting the implementation and advancement of Indigenous peoples rights. The Human Rights Commission mentions only the UN which could suggest bias. However, the UN is made up of a multitude of organisations and governing bodies that give the source authority.

Can contractarianism recognise animal rights? There has often been discussion about the nature of justice concerning nonhuman animals, which I will now refer to as animals. The discussion often considers whether humans owe animals justice rather than mere morality, or if humans only owe animals compassion and humanity. This discussion from the contractarian position can be examined through John Rawls’ ‘Justice as Fairness’, his theory of justice to establish the principles by which primary goods should be distributed. In this essay, I will consider the question of whether contractarianism can recognise animal rights by considering the following: Rawls’ theory of justice; the attempted extension to incorporate animal rights by Mark Rowlands in his article “Contractarianism and Animal Rights”; and Martha Nussbaum’s “Frontiers of Justice”. I will then consider whether contractarianism can recognise animal rights.

Glendon, Mary Ann (2002). A world made new: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Random House. ISBN

Human Rights is a set of moral and legal guidelines that promote and protect a recognition of our values, our identity and ability to ensure an adequate standard of living (AHRC, 2017). They are designed to be enjoyed by everyone regardless of factors such as race, sex or disability. In Australia, this includes the right to feel safe, to have food, shelter and water, to be provided with education, employment and health care, to have an opinion and the ability to defend yourself, and to be not discriminate by religion and religion. Other than Victoria and the ACT, there is no State or Territory that has legislation for human rights, however some legislation reflects the human rights principle (AHRC, 2015). These rights are currently

The Universal Declarations of the Human Rights is a milestone document in the history of the human rights, it was adopted by United Nation General Assembly in 1948. The human rights were put in place to protect and stop discrimination for all the citizens across the world. These prevent us from discrimination, abuse, slavery an poverty. The human rights have been translated into over 500 languages. (United Nation. ND) The human rights is made up of 30 articles for example article 26 “The Right to Education” Everyone has the right to education which meant schools were free of cost.