HUMAN

RIGHTS
WHAT IS THE BASIC OF THIS NEW COURSE:
HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION?

Section 8,
(Curriculum Description)
Article V, CMO 05 Series of 2018
The BS Criminology Curriculum has a total of 177 units for:
I. General Education;
II. Professional Courses;
III. Practicum.
WHAT IS THE BASIC OF THIS NEW COURSE:
HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION?

Section 9, (Sample Curriculum)

Article V, CMO 05 Series of 2018
The Professional Courses are comprised of the following:
I. Core (19 units); and
II. Major (105 units).
WHAT IS THE BASIC OF THIS NEW COURSE:
HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION?

Section 9
The Major Courses are comprised of the following:
I. 4 LEA;
II. 6 Forensic;
III. 9 CDI;
IV. 8 CS;
V. 3 CA;
VI. 2 CP; &
VII. 2 CFLM.
WHAT IS THE BASIC OF THIS NEW COURSE:
HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION?

Section 9
The Course Courses are comprised of the following:
I. CLG 1 (Intro to PCJS);
II. CLJ 2 (Human Rights Education);
III. CLJ 3 (Criminal Law I);
IV. CLJ 4 (Criminal Law II);
V. CLJ 5 (Evidence); &
VI. CLJ 6 (Criminal Procedure & CT).
HUMAN
RIGHTS
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFINES
• Defined as supreme, inherent , and inalienable rights to life, dignity, and to
delf development. The essence of these rights makes man human.
• It is concerned with:
Civil
Political
Economic
Social, and
Cultural rights
BASIC CHARACTERISTICS OF
HUMAN RIGHTS
1. Inherent
- natural or inborn. Not granted by any person or authority
2. Fundamental
essential. Without them, the life and dignity of man will be meaningless

3. Inalienable
Cannot be rightfully taken away from a free individual
4. Imprescriptible
Cannot be lost even if man fails to use or assert them, even by a long passage
of time
BASIC CHARACTERISTICS OF
HUMAN RIGHTS
5. Indivisible
Not capable of being divided. Cannot be denied even when other rights have
already been enjoyed
6. Universal
Applies irrespectable of one’s origin, status , or condition or place where one
lives
7. Interdependent
- The fulfilment or exercise of one cannot be had without the realization of the
other
CLASSIFICATION OF RIGHTS
 According to Source
According to Recipient
According to Aspect of Life
According to Derogability
ACCORDING TO SOURCE
1. Natural Rights
God-given rights, acknowledged by everybody to be morally good. Unwritten, but prevail as
norms of the society.

Examples:
right to be happy
right to marry
right to life, etc.
ACCORDING TO SOURCE
2. Constitutional Rights
Conferred and protected by the Constitution and which cannot be modified or taken away by
the law-making body
Examples:
-right to suffrage
-right to religion, etc.
ACCORDING TO SOURCE
3. Statutory Rights
Those rights which are provided by law promulgated by the law-making body. May be
abolished by the body that created them.
Examples:
-rights of the accused
-rights of persons under custodial investigation, etc.
ACCORDING TO RECIPIENT
1. Individual Rights
Accorded to individuals

Examples:
-right to vote
-right to own property, etc.
ACCORDING TO RECIPIENT
2. Collective Rights
Also called “people’s rights” or “solidarity rights”. Rights of the society, those that can be
enjoyed only in company with others.
Examples:
-right to cultural preservation,
-environmental rights
-rights to assembly, etc.
ACCORDING TO ASPECT OF
LIFE
1. Civil Rights
Rights which the law will enforce at the instance of private individuals for the purpose of
securing to them the enjoyment of their means of happiness.
Examples:
-right to self expression
-right to marry
-right to religion, etc.
ACCORDING TO ASPECT OF
LIFE
2. Political Rights
Rights which enable us to participate in running the affairs of the government either directly
or indirectly
Examples:
-right to vote
-right to assembly,etc.
ACCORDING TO ASPECT OF
LIFE
3. Economic and Social Rights
Those which the law confers upon the people to enable them to achieve social and economic
development
Examples:
-right to own property
-right to employees, etc
ACCORDING TO ASPECT OF
LIFE
4. Cultural Rights
Rights that ensure the well-being of the individual and foster the preservation, enrichment,
and dynamic evolution of national culture based on the principle of unity in diversity.
Examples:
-right to practice one’s culture
-right to cultural religion
-right to use own language, etc.
ACCORDING TO
DEROGABILITY
1. Absolute or Non-Derogable Rights
Those that cannot be suspended nor taken away nor restricted/limited even in extreme
emergency and event if the government invokes national security.
Examples:
-right to freedom of thought
-right to conscience
-right to religion
ACCORDING TO
DEROGABILITY
2. Derogable or Can-Be-Limited Rights
May be suspended or restricted or limited dependeng on the circumstances which call for the
preservation of social life. It must satisfy three requirements for it to be valid:
i. It is provided for by law which is made known for every citizen;
ii. There is a state of emergency which needs urgent preservation of the public good, public
safety, and public moral;
iii. It does not exceed what is strictly necessary to achieve the purpose.
Examples:
-(during pandemic) the right to travel may be limited
-right to liberty which can be lawfully restricted
BILL OF RIGHTS
(1987 PHILIPPINE
CONSTITUTION)
BILL OF RIGHTS
(ART. III 1987 CONSTITUTION)
-It is a declaration and enumeration of a person’s rights and privileges which
the constitution is designated to protect against violation by the government or
by individual or groups of individuals. It is a charter of liberties for the
individual and a limitation upon the power of the state.
SECTION 1.
No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of
law, nor shall any person be denied the equal protection of the laws.
DUE PROCESS
It is the legal requirement that requires the state to respect all the legal rights owed to a person .
Due process balance the power of the state and protects the individual person from the power of
the state.
ASPECT OF DUE PROCESS OF
LAW
Procedural due process
Refers to the method or manner by which the law is enforced

Substantive due process

- Which requires that the law itself, not merely the procedures by which the law
would be enforced , is fair, reasonable , and just.
 Under the authority of the law that is valid under
the Constitution itself; and
 After compliance with fair and reasonable methods
of procedure required by law.
MEANING OF LIFE
 LIFE
Means something more than mere animal existence. The prohibition against
its deprivation without due process extends to all the limbs and faculties by
which life is enjoyed.
What constitute deprivation of life?
MEANING OF LIBERTY
 Liberty
Denotes not merely freedom from physical restraint. It also embraces the right
of man to use his faculties with which he has been endowed by his creator
subject only to the limitation that he does not violate the law or the rights of
others .
What constitute deprivation of liberty?
MEANING OF PROPERTY
 Property
May refer to the thing itself or to the right over the thing.
What constitute deprivation of property
WHAT CONSTITUTES
DEPRIVATION?
 Deprivation of life
The loss of any of the various physical and mental attributes which man must
have to live as human being.
 Deprivation of liberty
That one is duly prevented from acting the way he wishes to do.
 Deprivation of property
- When its value is destroy
MEANING OF EQUAL
PROTECTION OF THE LAWS
 Equal protection of the law . It means that all persons or things similarly
situated should be treated alike both as to rights conferred and responsibilities
imposed.
SECTION 2
 The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and
effects against unreasonable searches and seizures of whatever nature and for
any purpose shall be inviolable , and no search warrant to warrant of arrest
shall issue except upon probable cause to be determine personally by the judge
after examination under oath or affirmation of the complainant and the
witnesses he may produce , and particularly describing the place to be
searched and the persons or things to be seized.