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CONCLUSION
Human rights have to do with the all-round development
of the human person in harmony with that of his fellow beings in the
societal conditions which will enable a person to nourish his best self in
the society.
by the fact that the socio-economic rights are prerequisite to make civil
system, free press, pressure groups, various civil and democratic rights
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democracy, whereby the rights of citizens are legally and largely
ensured.
age old desire and its roots are found in the ancient Indian Civilization
beings.
has stratified itself into various sections, sectors and levels. They may
the society. Being the basis of any humane society, they have also
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a charging social, political, economic and cultural milieu. It is the
being is, however, much older and has found expression in the writings
ages.
day, the Indian Culture has been the product of synthesis of diverse
cultures and religions that came into contact with the enormous Indian
property, the foundations of what today are called ‘Human Rights’ were
laid.
two bases, the first is the national and second is the international.
Laws and in the Dharm of the Vedic period in India. Writings of Plato
and other Greek and Roman Philosophers also depict for the protection
vote, right to be elected to public office, right to trade and the right of
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access to justice to their citizens. Similar rights were secured to the
English baron on June 15, 1215 ensured feudal rights and dues and to
guarantee that the King would not encroach upon their privileges.
rights of subjects and communities which the King is, bound to observe
Carta set fortn the principle that the power of the King was not
absolute.
reign of John's son, Henry III, the Magna Carta was confirmed by
the Bill of Rights, to form the platform for Parliamentary superiority over
the Crown and to give documentary authority for the rule of laws in
England.
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The French Declaration of the Rights of man of 1789 led
other European countries to include the provisions in their laws for the
realised.
the experiences of the World War II. During the war, shocking crimes
were committed against the humanity and there was total suppression
of fundamental rights.
human values and dignity within their territories under their occupation.
It was at that time realized that the restoration of the freedoms and
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supremacy of human rights everywhere, our support goes to those who
the Conferences laid down the importance of human rights. The Joint
States and the Prime Minister Winston Churchill of the United Kingdom
cherished the hope for a peace which will afford assurance that all the
men in all the lands may live out their lives in freedom from fear and
want.
was to be one of the results which was desired to be obtained from the
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International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and
(ICESCR) of 1966 which came into force in 1976 with the consent and
the common ideal of humanity i.e., to protect every human being and
people until the advent of democracy in the real sense of the term.
They struggled against anti libertarian forces and never allowed their
rulers to turn the clock back. Hence, came the title of human rights.
which, generally speaking elevates and sustains the human spirit more
than and the idea of rights. There is something great and virile in the
idea of right which removes from any request its supplicant character,
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and places the one who claims it on the same level as the one who
grants if.
place where the greater charter of liberties, called Magna Carta, came
into being as early as in 1215 after getting the assent of King John.
The Magna Carta is the first document of its kind in the history of
human rights and liberties. It is true that it secured feudal, the charter
declarations of the three great countries of the world leaves one strong
and indelible impression on our mind that they set the foundation and
Since human rights cover people all over the world irrespective of their
present century.
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law. Our constitution guarantees fundamental rights to all citizens right
Jawahar lal Nehru. ‘And they can be shouldered only in the spirit of a
freedom’.
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In recent years, however the question of human rights
has assumed global significance, particularly after the end of the cold
individual, every group, every institution and every organ in the society,
form country to country but they share a common purpose, and for this
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flavour and acceptability without diluting their essential universal
characteristics.
State level should work under the supervision of the National Human
Rights Commission.
was felt on various grounds. Let us hope that the divine gift of an
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