HUMAN RIGHTS

The human rigths are the base of human dignity that

is why is important know them, publish and respect
them.

SESSION 1
 WHAT ARE THE HUMAN RIGHTS?
Human rights are your rights. Take them. Defend them. Promote them. Understand them and insist
on them. Nurture and enrich them, they are the best of us. Give them life.
Kofi Annan
Objetives:
Characterize the three generations of Human Rights.
Reflect on the importance of the existence of Human Rights.
Produce sentences functionally grammar in English in order to present ideas
Express ideas fluently and consistently using the English language

Activity 1

Observe, think and answer. Then socialize with your partners

Introductory Phase
Think about the following questions, discuss with your partners and then socialize the most
important conclusions
Previous Ideas
1. What are human rights?
2. Why do you think the protection of human rights in a society is important?
3. What cases do you know about human rights violations in Colombia?
Listen and watch the video

Cognitive Phase
Now watch the video “Human Rights: A Brief Story” and then complete the information with
the subsequent Reading
https://youtu.be/6XXGF_V8_7M

Read and think

What are human rights?

All people have the same basic needs that must be met so that we can develop a dignified life.
In order to live well, we need to guarantee our security, to respect our autonomy, to have
freedom, to promote equality and to reign justice and solidarity. These are the great values
that underpin a satisfactory and adequate living together. Human rights serve to make these
values come true.

To recognize the existence of human rights is to accept that any person can demand some
important and necessary things to live. For example, we can all demand that our lives be
respected, that we be not mistreated, that our freedom be guaranteed, that we be treated just
like others, to have the guarantee we be offered the means to take care of our health and
receive education.

The philosopher Immanuel Kant defended the importance of rights in explaining the difference
between things and people. Things, according to Kant, have a value relative to what we call
price, but people have an absolute value in themselves that we call dignity. That is why we
should never treat people only as a means to achieve our goals. Kant believed that the dignity
of people compels us to treat human beings as ends in themselves.

Human rights are based on the need to respect the dignity of all human beings, regardless of
their particular characteristics and are reflected in the Universal Declaration adopted by the
United Nations in 1948. This statement affirms that human rights have four characteristics very
special:

➢ Human rights are universal because we all have them for the simple fact
of being people, regardless of our personal characteristics
➢ Human rights are imprescriptible, which means that they can never be
taken away because they never cease to be valid
➢ Human rights are inalienable, which means that we cannot give them up
to anyone
➢ Human rights are inalienable, because no one can renounce them.

The three generations of rights

The legal recognition of human rights has had a long history. Some rights have been included
in laws much earlier than others, which have only been accepted after long social struggles.
That is why we can classify the rights into groups, which are generally referred to as the three
generations of human rights.

VALUE
GENERATION OF SEASON OF TYPE OF PRCIPAL
THAT EXAMPLES
RIGHTS ACCEPTANCE RIGHTS FUNCTION
DEFENDS

Limit the action

Civilians Civil Rights: Right
of power.
First S. XVIII and XIX and FREEDOM to life, freedom,
Ensure the
politicians security, property ...
political
Political Rights:
participation of
Right to vote, to
citizens.
 association, to
strike ...

Economic, Guarantee
Right to health,
19th and 20th Social and decent living
Second EQUALITY education, work,
centuries Cultural conditions for
decent housing ...
Rights all

Promote The right to a clean

Justice,
SOLIDARIT peaceful and environment, to
Third S. XX and XXI peace and
Y constructive peace, to
solidarity
relations development ...

The first generation includes civil and political rights. These rights were the first to be legally
recognized at the end of the eighteenth century, in the Independence of the United States and
in the French Revolution. These are rights that try to guarantee the freedom of the people. Its
main function is to limit the intervention of power in people's private lives, as well as guarantee
the participation of all in public affairs. The most important civil rights are: the right to life, the
right to ideological and religious freedom, the right to free speech or the right to property. Some
fundamental political rights are: the right to vote, the right to strike, the right to associate freely
to form a political party or a union, etc.

The second generation includes economic, social and cultural rights. These rights were
gradually incorporated into legislation at the end of the 19th century and during the 20th
century. They seek to promote real equality among people, offering all the same opportunities
for them to develop a decent life. Its function is to promote the action of the State to guarantee
the access of all to adequate living conditions. Some second-generation rights are: the right to
education, the right to health, the right to work, ho to decent housing, etc.

The third generation of rights has been incorporated into the laws at the end of the twentieth
century and the beginning of the twenty-first century. They aim to foster solidarity among
peoples and people around the world. Its function is to promote peaceful and constructive
relations that allow us to face the new challenges facing Humanity. Among the third generation
rights we can highlight the following: the right to peace, the right to development and the right
to a clean environment that we can all enjoy.

Write

Let’s Practice!

Complete the puzzle – follow the instructions

Upright - 1: Is one of the classifications of human rights three groups
Upright - 2: Are the human rights that seek to ensure personal freedom and security by limiting
the action of power over citizens
Horizontal - 3: Human rights are because we can’t sell them or give them to another
Upright - 4: Is the ability to put oneself own rules
Upright - 5: British philosopher of the seventeenth century who affirmed the existence of natural
rights that are the same for all: the right to life, freedom, security and property
Horizontal - 6: German Philosopher of the Enlightenment who affirmed the fundamental dignity
of all human beings
Horizontal - 7: Acronyms of the United Nations

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Complete the sentences. Write the correct Word in the blankets.

The History of Humanity has registered on many occasions the ______________ of the rights
of the people. For centuries people were deprived of their liberty and turned into
_________________ with what they were treated as a commodity. Even a philosopher as wise
as ________________ even went so far as to say that slavery was something
______________. The slave trade was especially intense when Europeans colonized
______________. At present, slavery has been ____________ throughout the world, but
unfortunately there are countries where people are forced to work against their will in conditions
similar to those of the former slaves.

Discrimination against women has been a particularly serious case of violation of fundamental
rights. Over time women have been relegated to second-class positions, away from education
and public life. Women have struggled hard to achieve equal rights with men. In the French
Revolution, Olympe de Gouges drafted a Declaration of _____________’s rights of the and
the citizen, but his proposal was not successful. Subsequently women have fought to achieve
equal treatment with men. The suffragettes fought for recognition of the female ____________.
This was only achieved at the beginning of the 20th century, when universal suffrage was
extended by democratic countries.

Discrimination consists treat a group of people unjustly because of their ethnic origin.
Numerous cases of racial discrimination have taken place in history. The Nazis, for example,
pursued the __________ and the people they considered inferior.

The very serious violations of human rights that occurred during the ___________ World War
prompted the __________ to promulgate the _____________ Universal of Human Rights in
the year 1948. According to this Declaration, all human beings, only because they are persons,
have some basic _______________ that no one can ever take away, which are based on
human ______________. These include the right to life, liberty, equality, personal security and
decent living conditions.

Activity 2

Write and speak

The Human Rights Tree

1. Working in small groups, according with the three Human Rights generations to draw a
tree on large chart paper.

• Write on the tree (in the form of leaves, fruits, flowers, or branches) those human
rights that you think all people need to live in dignity and justice.
 • A human rights tree needs roots to grow and flourish. Give the tree roots and label
them with the things that make human rights flourish. For example, a healthy
economy, the rule of law, or universal education.

2. When drawings are complete, each group have to present their tree and explain their
reasons for the items they have included.

Evaluation Time

Present your ideas in front of the group

Ask the other groups why they choose that values. Try to make questions that create debate.

GLOSARY

Focus on Language Useful Expressions

I think that…
Dignify Dignificar For us this is important because….
Guarantee Garantizar Every human being has the right to….
Freedom Libertad In that order of ideas we would like to …..
Underpin Brindar apoyo
True Verdad
Mistreated Maltratado
Between En medio de
Themselves Ellos mismos
Should Deber (consejo)
Compels Obligar
Regardless A pesar de
Imprescriptible Imprescriptible
Cease Cesar GRAMMAR POINT
Renounce Renunciar
Remember the correct
Struggles Luchas
peaceful Pacifico structure sentence
Strike Huelga PRONUON + VERB +
Gradually Gradualmente COMPLEMENT
Among Entre
Highligth Resaltado
Enviroment Ambiente
Subsequently Subsecuentemente