Human RightsEducation
KnowledgeAttitudesActionFor human rights
Human rights…Human rights…
Entitlements we deserve to have and ought to have because we are human beings.
- A minimal set of standards…
Human rights
a minimum set of values and accompanying standards regulating, in particular, the very unequal relationship between the individual and the state.
Internationally agreed Of universal nature To be guaranteed by the state
”All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.”
UDHR, article 1
The right to humanity
Which rights?...Which rights?...
Civil rights and libertiesCivil rights and liberties Legal rightsLegal rights Political rightsPolitical rights Social rightsSocial rights Economic rightsEconomic rights Cultural rightsCultural rights Solidarity rightsSolidarity rights
UniversalUniversal
IndivisibleIndivisible
InterdependentInterdependent
InalienableInalienableDéclaration de Vienne, 1993
All human rights are...
All human rights are:All human rights are:HumanHumanHumanHumanHumanHuman
Human rights based approach Human rights considerations
take the primacy over other factors
Human rights are mainstreamed
HR as a network of interlocking attitudes, beliefs, behaviors, norms and regulations
granted rights
and natural rights
to human rights
From...
Universal Declarati
on of Human Rights
Covenant on Social and Economic Rights
Covenant on Social and Economic Rights
Specific conventions and instruments
International Bill of Rights
European Convention on Human European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Rights and Fundamental FreedomsFreedoms
Convention on the Prevention of Convention on the Prevention of Torture and Degrading TreatmentTorture and Degrading Treatment
European Social CharterEuropean Social Charter Framework Convention on Framework Convention on
National MinoritiesNational Minorities ......
Regional systems of protection of HRRegional systems of protection of HR Decolonisation movementsDecolonisation movements Effective control mechanismsEffective control mechanisms Conv. on Elimination of Racial DiscriminationConv. on Elimination of Racial Discrimination The Convention on the Rights of the The Convention on the Rights of the ChildChild The CEDAWThe CEDAW Special Courts for Yugoslavia and RwandaSpecial Courts for Yugoslavia and Rwanda The International Criminal CourtThe International Criminal Court Rights of Persons with DisabilitiesRights of Persons with Disabilities
Very Recently...Very Recently...
Looking further up...Looking further up...
Internet and human rightsInternet and human rights Intergenerational mattersIntergenerational matters Climate changeClimate change ...?...? ...?...?
FAQs and dilemmasFAQs and dilemmas
Universal, special or specific Universal, special or specific rights?rights?
Universal or absolute?Universal or absolute? A Western creation?A Western creation? Human rights and cultural Human rights and cultural
practicespractices Political abuse of human rightsPolitical abuse of human rights Rights vs ResponsibilitiesRights vs Responsibilities
A look ahead?...A look ahead?...
Equality Freedom
Solidarity?
You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming.Pablo Neruda