Human Rights Reviewer
1. Are the aggregate of privileges,
claim, benefits and entitlements and
moral guarantees that pertain to man
because of his humanity.
2. Chilean Lawyer __________ wrote
that human rights are regarded as
system of values or as elements
which are inherent to human dignity.
3. In his book _____ French
Philosopher
4. _________ stressed why man has
rights.
5. These are the combinations of
privileges that we receive as a
human.
6. Doctrine of a Supreme Being, the
creator, the Father of all humanity.
7. The conduct of men must always
conform to the law of nature, and
this theory is detached from religion.
8. States that all rights and authority
come from the state and what
officials have promulgated, that
rights are enjoyed if recognized and
protected by legislation promulgated
by the state.
9. Emphasizes the interest of society
over an individual’s interest.
10. Human rights exist as a means of
social control, that human rights
exist to serve the social interests of
society.
11. TRUE OR FALSE. Religious or
theological approach rights are
universal, inalienable and cannot be
denied by mortal beings (men)
12. Are universal legal guarantees
protecting individuals and groups
against actions which interfere with
fundamental freedoms and human
dignity.
13. Principle that requires governments
to maximize - the total net sum of
citizens.
14. It emphasizes that an individual
cannot be more important than the
entire group.
15. Each person has equal rights to the
whole liberties.
16. The general conception of justice is
one of fairness and those social
primary goods such as opportunity,
income and wealth and self-respect
are to be distributed equally.
17. Government must treat all their
citizens equally and must intervene
in order to advance the general
welfare.
18. This theory proceeds on the premise
that human rights mean sharing
values of all identified policies upon
which human rights depend on.
19. The ultimate goal of this theory is a
world community where there is
democratic sharing and distribution
of values.
20. All available resources are utilized to
the maximum and the protection of
human dignity is recognized.
21. This is better referred to as policy
science approach.
22. The first generation is known as?
23. The second generation is known as?
24. The third generation is known as?
25. Gradually evolved over centuries
during the long development of
democratic society and serve as a
protection of the individuals from the
arbitrary exercise of police power.
26. What is police power?
27. The first generation of civil and
political rights is also known as the?
28. Started to be recognized when people
realized that possession of the first
generation of liberty rights would be
valueless without the enjoyment of
economic, social, and cultural rights.
29. The experience of the Third World
countries in their struggle against
colonialism, the influence of
Socialism and the encyclicals of the
Popes all contributed to the
development and appreciation of the
economic, social, and cultural rights.
30. What is the power of the state to
protect its people?
31. Enumerate the rights to prevent the
abuse of police power or the first
generation of rights. (7)
32. Enumerate the second generation of
rights. (7)
33. Enumerate the third generation of
rights. (9)
34. What is the latest right?
35. Is intended to benefit individuals,
groups and peoples and its
realization will need global
cooperation based on international
solidarity.
36. The second generation of economic,
social, and cultural rights is also
known as?
37. What are the 3 principles of human
rights?
38. Means that rights belong to and are
to be enjoyed by all human beings
without distinction of any kind such
as race, color, sex or language
religion, political and other opinion,
national or social origin property or
other stature. In other words, human
rights belong to everyone wherever
they are because they are human
being and being endowed with
dignity.
39. It is internationally recognized
human rights are the basic core
minimum to be observed everywhere
without regional differences. These
human rights belong to everyone,
everywhere, by virtue of being
human No one, no group, no place in
the world should be denied the
enjoyment of human rights.
40. Can the first generation of rights and
second generation of rights be
separated?
41. Who said that, “As lawyer for small
farmers , fisherman , workers ,
students , and urban poor , many of
whom have been detained , most of
whom have been threatened with the
tension , a few of whom have been
shot and wounded , when they were
peacefully exercising their rights of
assembly , I have learned the painful
lesson that we cannot enjoy civil and
political rights unless we enjoy the
economic , cultural and social rights ,
any more than we can ensure our
civil and political rights . True, a
hungry man does not have much
freedom of choice. But equally true,
when a well-fed man does not have
freedom of choice, he cannot protect
himself against going hungry.”?
42. What are the characteristics of
Human Rights?
43. Means that rights are the birthright of
all human beings existing
independently of the will of either
and individual human being or
groups. They are not obtained and
granted through any human action or
intervention. When one is born, he
carries with him this right. They
cannot be separated or detached from
him.
44. Means that no person can deprive
any person these rights and no
person can repudiate these rights by
himself. It also means that these
rights could not be subject of the
commerce of man.
45. Means that these rights belong to
every human being, no matter what
he or she is like. Because rights are
______, its promotion and protection
are the duty of all states, regardless
of cultural, economic, or political
system.
46. What are the four components of
human rights?
47. Is an individual (natural person) a
group of individuals or a non-
governmental organization entitled to
rights under the law and can take
legal action to protect or to promote
those rights.
48. Is an entity, normally a state that is
obliged to respect, to ensure and to
protect the subjects’ rights or
demands.
49. In human rights, states are
considered a ________ rather than
subjects though international law the
role of a states as subject is
recognized as incontestable.
50. Is the content of any given right and
any duty of the holder of the right
and the holder of the obligation. This
right and this duty are the human
values and needs which are found in
human rights rules and norms.
51. is a set of measures, approaches, and
initiatives designed to realize the
right concern. This includes laws,
administrative measures, legal writs
and mechanism adopted by the three
branches of government, namely,
congress, executive and judiciary.
52. What is the branch of government
that makes a law?
53. What is the branch of government
that implements the law?
54. What is the branch of government
that check the implementation of
law?
55. Example subject or right holder and
an object or content the human right
can be found in article __, section __
of the ______________that provides
“1. Any person under investigation
for the commission of an offense
shall have the right to be informed of
his right to remain silent and to have
competent and independent counsel
preferably of his own choice. There
are many more in the article on the
bill of rights and article on social
justice and human rights of the 1987
constitution.
56. What are the three stages of human
rights?
57. Means that notions about human
rights have started in the realm of
ideas that reflect a consciousness
against oppression, dehumanization
or inadequate performance by the
state.
58. Is the second stage where support for
the ideas became strong and the
stage is set to incorporate them into
some legal instruments, whether
domestic law or international law.
59. What is the idea that have been put
into writing?
60. Is the last stage where these rights
are enjoyed by the citizen of the state
by the transformation of the social,
economic, and political order.
61. What are the three obligations of
state parties?
62. Countries part of the international
covenants in relation to human
rights.
63. What is ICCPR?
64. The basic source of human rights law
in the Philippines.
65. It is rich in human rights content and
constitutes a vast improvement of the
previous Philippine Constitutions,
namely? (6)
66. A novel feature of the 1987
Constitution is the independent
constitutional office called the
_____________, one of the first
national human rights commissions
in the world.
67. Two of its important functions under
Section 18, Article XIII of the 1987
Constitution are to?
68. One of the first commission human
rights in the world is under the
_____________, we are one of the
first national human rights
commission that was created.
69. The 1987 Constitution is sometimes
called a _______________ because
of its many human rights and human
rights- related provisions found in
several of its articles.
70. The 1987 Constitution is the ______
Constitution drafted by Filipinos.
71. _________________ is an
independent National Human Rights
Institution (NHRI) created under the
1987 Philippine Constitution.
72. When is CHR established and by the
virtue of what executive number?
73. The Commission is mandated to
conduct investigations on human
rights violations against marginalized
and vulnerable sectors of the society,
involving ____ and _____rights.
74. CHR is an "A" accredited NHRI,
fully complying with the Paris
Principles adopted by the ________
in _________.
75. As an NHRI, the Commission
upholds six fundamental
characteristics.
76. The CHR was created as a response
to the atrocities committed during
________?
77. When the 1987 Philippine
Constitution was drafted,
___________________ clearly
defined the creation of the
Commission.
78. "I, Corazon C. Aquino, President of
the Philippines... do hereby (declare)
the Commission on Human Rights as
provided under Article ___________
to be now in existence..."
79. The 1987 Philippine Constitution
primarily gave CHR the mandate to
protect and promote the __________
of every human being in the country.
The State values the dignity of every
human person and guarantees full
respect for human rights. (Sec. 11,
Art. II, Philippine Constitution)
80. The ______ shall give highest
priority to the enactment of measures
that protect and enhance the right of
all the people to human dignity,
reduce social, economic and political
inequalities, and remove cultural
inequalities by equitably diffusing
wealth and political power for the
common good. (Sec. 1, Art. XIII,
Philippine Constitution)