*

Basi
cHumanRi
ght
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Ans

Q1)
Stat
eobj
ect
iveofBasi
cHumanRi
ght

1)
Thever
yfir
stobj
ect
iveofhumanri
ght
sistopr
otecthumanbei
ngsf
rom anyki
ndof
di
scr
imi
nati
onandinj
usti
ceall
overt
heworl
d.

2)
Thesecondobj
ect
iveofHumanRi
ght
sist
odev
elopi
ndi
vi
dual
sel
f-
respect
.

3)
Thet
hir
dobj
ect
ivei
stov
aluehumandi
gni
ty.

4)TheFourthobj
ecti
veofHumanRi
ght
sist
opr
omot
eanddev
elopr
espect
,under
standi
ngand
appreci
ati
onofdiver
sit
y.

5)
Thefif
thobj
ect
iveofHumanRi
ghtsi
stopr
omot
edemocr
acy
,Soci
alJust
ice,
fri
endshi
pand
br
other
hoodtogai
nunit
yindi
ver
sit
y.

Q2)Def
inet
heBasi
cHumanRi
ghti
ndet
ail
s

Humanr
ight
sar
ebasi
cri
ght
sandf
reedoms,
thatbel
ongt
otheev
eryper
son

i
nthewor
ld,
from t
hebi
rt
hunt
ilt
hedeat
h

Humanr i
ght
sincludetheri
ghttol
if
eandli
ber
ty,
freedom fr
om sl
aver
yandtor
tur
e,f
reedom of
opi
nionandexpressi
on,theri
ghtt
oworkandeducati
on,andmanymor e.

Thesebasi
cri
ght
sar
ebasedonshar
edv
aluesl
i
kedi
gni
ty,
fai
rness,

equal
i
ty,
respectandi
ndependence.

Thesev
aluesar
edef
inedandpr
otect
edbyl
aw

Theser
ight
scannev
erbet
akenaway
,al
thought
heycanbesomet
imes

ber
est
ri
cted,
forexampl
eifaper
sonbr
eakst
hel
awornat
ional
secur
it
y.

Legal
def
ini
ti
on:

Sect
ion2i
nthepr
otect
ionofHumanRi
ght
sAct1993,

(
d)“
HumanRi
ght
s”meanst
her
ight
srel
ati
ngt
oli
fe,
li
ber
ty,
equal
i
tyand

di
gni
tyoft
hei
ndi
vi
dual
guar
ant
eedbyt
heconst
it
uti
onorembodi
edi
nthe

i
nter
nat
ional
cov
enant
sandenf
orceabl
ebycour
tsi
nIndi
a.
Q3)
Whatar
ethePr
inci
plesChar
act
eri
sti
csofHumanRi
ght

Ans-
Humanri
ghtsareuniver
salandinal
ienable;i
ndivi
sibl
e;i
nter
dependentandint
err
elated.
Theyar
euni
ver
salbecauseev er
yoneisbornwi thandpossessesthesamer i
ghts,
regardlessof
wheret
heyl
i
ve,t
heirgenderorrace,
ortheirreli
gious,
cult
uraloret
hnicbackgr
ound.

1)
Uni
ver
sali
tyandInal
i
enabi
li
ty-
Humanri
ght
sar
euni
ver
sal
andi
nal
i
enabl
e.Al
lpeopl
e
ev
ery
whereintheworl
dareenti
tl
edt
othem.

2)I
ndivi
sibi
l
ity:
Humanr i
ghtsareindi
vi
sibl
e.Whethertheyrelat
etociv
il
,cul
tur
al,
economic,
poli
ti
calorsocial
issues,humanr i
ghtsarei
nherenttothedignit
yofever
yhumanper son.
Consequently
,allhumanr i
ghtshaveequalst
atus,andcannotbepositi
onedinahier
archi
cal
order
.

3)I
nter
dependenceandInterr
elat
edness:Humanright
sareint
erdependentandi
nter
relat
ed.
Eachonecont r
ibut
est
ot hereali
zat
ionofaperson’
shumandi gni
tythr
oughthesati
sfact
ionof
hi
sorherdev el
opmental
, phy
sical
,psychol
ogi
calandspi
ri
tualneeds.

4)Equalit
yandNon- discri
mination:
Allindi
vidualsareequal ashumanbei ngsandbyv i
rtueofthe
i
nher entdigni
tyofeachhumanper son.Noone, ther
efore,shouldsufferdiscri
minationont he
basisofr ace,
colour,ethni
cit
y,gender,age,language,sexualorientat
ion,rel
igi
on,polit
icalor
otheropinion,nat
ional,soci
alorgeographical or
igi
n,disabil
i
ty,property
,birt
horot herstatusas
establi
shedbyhumanr i
ghtsstandards.

5)Par
tici
pat
ionandI
nclusi
on:Al
lpeopl
ehavet
herighttopart
ici
pat
einandaccessi
nfor
mat
ion
rel
ati
ngtothedeci
sion-
makingpr
ocessest
hataf
fectthei
rli
vesandwell
-bei
ng.