Activity II

Instruction: Answer the questions briefly.

1. What is human rights? Explain.

Answer: Human Rights define as the supreme, inherit and inalienable rights to life, to dignify,
and to self-development. It is the essence of these rights that makes man human. Human rights
are fundamental freedoms which are necessary and indispensable in order to enable every
member of the human race to live life of dignity.

2. What are the state obligations to human rights?

Answer: Obligation to Respect, Obligation to Protect, Obligation to Fulfill

3. What are the sources of human rights?

Answer:
1. International Bill or Rights
2. Subsequent International HR Document
3. Relevant HR Provisions of the 1987 Constitution
4. According to Aspect of Life
5. According to Struggle and Recognition

4. What are the relevant Human Rights Provision of the 1987 Constitution?

Answer:
1. Bill of Rights- Art. III, Section 22
2. Declaration of Principles and State Policies- Art. II, Section 1-5 and 7,9,23
3. Social Justice and Human Rights- Art. XIII, Section 17-18

5. What are the basic principle of Human Rights?

Answer:
1. Fundamental
2. Human rights are inalienable
3. Human Rights are imprescriptible
4. Human Rights are universal
5. Human Rights are interdependent
6. Principle of equality

6. What are the three conditions to justify the suspension/limitation of human rights?

Answer: It provide for by law which is made known to every citizen; there a state of emergency
which necessitates the urgent preservation of the public good, public safety and public morals;
and it does not exceed what strictly necessary to achieve its purpose.
7. What are the classification of Human Rights?

Answer:
1. Civil Rights
2. Political Rights
3. Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

8. What classifications of human rights according to source?

Answer:
1. Natural and Moral Rights
2. Legal Rights
a. Constitutional Rights
b. Statutory Rights

9. What are the classifications of human rights according to aspect of life?

Answer:
1. Civil Rights
2. Political Rights
3. Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

10. What are classifications of human rights according Derogability?

Answer:
1. Non- Deragable or Absolute rights
2. Derogable or Relative Rights

11. -13. Give the three state obligation to Human Rights. Explain each.

Answer:
1. Obligation to Respect- Requires the state and all its organs and agents- to abstain from doing
anything that violates the integrity of individual of fringes on his/her freedom.
2. Obligation to Protect- Requires the state and its agents- the measures necessary to prevent
other individuals or groups from violating the integrity, freedom of action, or the HR of the
individual.
3. Obligation to Fulfill- Requires the state- to take measure to ensure for each person within its
jurisdiction opportunities- to obtain satisfaction of those needs, recognized the human rights
instrument, which cannot be secured by personal efforts.

14. – 15. Differentiate the Non-Derogable or Absolute Rights from Derogable of Relative Rights.

Answer: Non-Deragable or Absolute Rights means that cannot be suspended nor taken away or
restricted or limited even in extreme emergency and if the government invoke national security
while Derogable of Relative Rights means that maybe suspended or restricted or limited
depending on circumstances0- for preservation of social life.