Human rights entail both rights and obligations. States assume obligations and duties under international law to respect, protect, and fulfill human rights. The obligation to respect means that states must refrain from interfering with or curtailing the enjoyment of human rights. The obligation to protect requires states to…

  Inalienable Inherent Universal Irrevocable Indivisible First Generation: Individual Civil, Political Second Generation: Collective Third Generation: Development Peace Environment Equality and Non-discriminatory Non- discrimination is a cross-cutting principle in International human rights law. The principle is present in all the major human rights treaties and provides the central theme of…

  Born out of the atrocities and enormous loss of life during World War II, the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed in 1948 to provide a common understanding of what everyone’s rights are. It forms the basis for a world built on freedom, justice, and peace.…

  “In small places, close to home- so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. Yet they are the world of the individual person, the neighborhood he lives in the school or college he attends the factory, the farm the office where…

  Human Rights are Universal: Human Rights belong to all people equally regardless of status. Everyone is born free and equal in dignity and rights. Human Rights are Inalienable: Human Rights may not be taken away or transferred; people still have human rights even when their governments violate those rights.…

  The concept of human rights started with the evolution of human civilization and is also developing with the changing societal conditions. Rights and duties are interrelated in the sense that a person’s responsibility becomes conditional for the enjoyment of the rights of others. The concept of human rights centers…

While some dictionaries define the word right as  “ a privilege” when used in the context of “human rights” we are talking about something more basic. Every person is entitled to certain fundamental rights, simply by fact of being human. These are called “human rights” rather than privilege (which can…