Definition: Human Rights are ‘those conditions of social life without which no human being can seek in general to be himself at his best’ – Harold Laski in the Grammar of Politics. Thus, Human Rights are those moral rights which are owed to each man and woman solely by reason of being human.
Human rights are those basic rights enjoyed by every human being, irrespective of caste, creed, sex, nationality and so on. These are privileges, which are inherent in every human being and imply a certain amount of dignity. In this sense, the human being is the central subject of human rights, which are universal and social.
Human rights are individual: Human rights are the rights of individuals to meet the needs and purposes of individuals.
Human rights are paramount: something of which no one can be deprived of without grave affront to justice. They are inalienable – minimum strong moral rights of which no man or woman can be deprived by government or society whether by arbitrary fiat or by law.
Human rights are never absolute and it is essential that every person who enjoys the rights allow others to enjoy them as well. In this sense. Human rights reflect the philosophy of universal love and compassion – ‘Live and let live’.
Human rights are dynamic in nature and keep expanding with socio-economic and cultural developments.
Human rights are a basis of a democratic society: Democracy is impossible without human rights since a democratic society is supposed to be a free society with each person choosing his / her own way of life. In a democracy, State is a welfare state guaranteeing basic rights like equality before the law, right to life and liberty, equality of opportunity and absence of discrimination.
Human rights are enforceable by the International community.
Today, human rights have become a burning topic of the day drawing global attention because of the efforts of NGOs and human rights activists. At the same time, humans, who are rational beings indulge in ruthless and merciless violation of human rights and there is no country, which does not have a record of human rights violation. It is very essential that a general awareness be created about human rights through mass media.
Today, human rights have become a burning topic of the day drawing global attention because of the efforts of NGOs and human rights activists. At the same time, humans, who are rational beings indulge in ruthless and merciless violation of human rights and there is no country, which does not have a record of human rights violation. It is very essential that a general awareness be created about human rights through mass media.
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