HUMAN RIGHTS

EDUCATION
 What are Human Rights?

• Human Rights is defined as the supreme, inherent, and

inalienable rights to life, to dignity, and to self-development. It
is concerned with issues in both areas of civil and political rights,
economic, social, and cultural rights founded on internationally
accepted human rights obligations to which the Philippine
Government is a state party.
• All Human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and
inter-related.
 Basic Characteristics of Human Rights
• Inherent– not granted by any person or authority
• Fundamental- without them, the life and dignity of man will be meaningless
• Inalienable- cannot be rightfully taken away from a free individual. Cannot
be given away from a free individual. Cannot be given away or forfeited
• Imprescriptible- cannot be lost even if man fails to use or assert them, even
by a long passage of time
• Indivisible- not capable of being divided. Cannot be denied even when other
rights have already been enjoyed.
• Universal- it applies irrespective of one’s origin, status, or condition or place
where one lives. Rights can be enforced without national border
• Interdependent- the fulfillment or exercise of one cannot be had without the
realization of the other