Today we can speak and analyze, what
is everyday such topic in human life. We will focus on Human Rights. We are all
equally entitled to our Human Rights without discrimination. These rights are
all interrelated, interdependent and indivisible. Human Rights are rights
inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex,
national or ethnic origin, color of the skin, religion, language or any other
status.
Human Rights are based on the
principle of respect for the individuals. The philosophy of Human Rights
addresses questions about the existence, content, nature, universality, justification
and legal status of Human Rights. Historical sources for bills of rights are:
1. The Magna Carta {1215}
2. The English Bill of Rights {1869}
3. The French Declaration of the
Rights of Man and the Citizen {1789}
4. The Bill of Rights in the US Constitution
{1791}
The main sources of the
contemporary conception of Human Rights are the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights [United Nations {1948}
Natural law theories based in humans
Rights on" natural" ,moral, religious or even biological order that
is independent of transitory human laws or traditions.
Socrates, the ancient philosopher
and his heirs, Plato, Aristotle, posited the existence of natural justice or natural
rights. Aristotle often said to be the Father of natural Law.
Human rights are almost a form
of religion in today's world; they are the great ethical yardstick that is
used to measure a government's treatment of its people. The idea of Human Rights
is not without its critics, J. Bentham, E. Burke< F. Nietzche and Karl Marx.
Is example of historical philosophers who criticized the notion of Rights?
Soviet concept of Human Rights was
different from conceptions prevalent in the West. According to Western legal
theory, it is the individual who is the beneficiary of Human Rights, which are
to be asserted against the government. Soviet law declared that State is source
of Human Rights. Soviet legal system regarded law as an arm of politics and
courts as agencies of government. Extensive extra judiciary powers were given
to the Soviet secret police agencies.
Even in prosperous, democratic
countries like Canada much public discourse is phrased in rhetoric of Rights.
Legal documents to protect Human Rights have proliferated in Canada, culminating
in the 1982 entrenchment of the Charter of Rights in the Constitution. Human
Rights exist in morality and in law at the national and international levels.
Human rights are the rights to freedom of religion, the rights to a fair trial
when charged with a crime, the rights not to be tortured, and the rights to
engage in political activity.
Next: Human Rights in Canada.
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