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DEVELOPMENT OF
HUMAN RIGHT
PRESENTED BY
PARVATHY RAMACHANDRAN
1st sem LLM
INTRODUCTION
In 539 BC, the armies of Cyrus the Great, the first king of ancient Persia, conqured the city of
Babylon.But it was his next actions that marked a major advance for man.
He freed the slaves, declared that all people had the right to choose their own religion and
establish racial equality.
These decree were recorded on a baked clay cylinder in Akkadian language, known today as
“cyrus cylinder”.
RIGHT OF ATHENIAN CITIZENS
The Magna Carta dealt mostly with the rights of barons and the
Roman Catholic church. However, it also guaranteed the rights of
women and children who inherited property.
the right of all free citizens to own inherit property, to be free from excessive e
taxes.
The right of widows who owned property to choose not to remarry and
established principles of due process and equality before the law.
This Bill was a part of major settlement between the Crown and Parliament and
like Magna Carta it also constituted a demarcation of powers.
Theory of natural rights, then, entered into the realm of constitutionalism with two
revolutionary documents, namely the American Declaration of Independence and
the French Declaration of Rights of Man, which asserted that there were certain
inalienable rights and it was the duty of the state and its organ to protect these
rights
The Declaration as drafted by Jefferson in 1776 states: "We hold these truths to
be self-evident; that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their
creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and pursuit
of happiness
The French Declaration of the
Rights of Man and of the Citizen
But its origin can be traced back to the second half of the nineteenth century. The
battle of soldering of 1859 in Europe resulted in several death and many were
wounded badly. This moved a Swiss philanthropist, count Henry Durant. He
eventually establishes the concept of the Red cross society a voluntary
organization that worked for the sick and wounded soldiers on the battlefield.
Gavena convention of 1926 and 1949 And article 25 of the covenant of the league
of nations created a duty for a humane approach .. These provided for the dos and
don’ts in a war to protect the individual who gets caught in war either as soldiers or
as an innocent civilian in arm conflict.
Certain rules are as follows:
established in 1945
• It was founded to replace the League of Nations following
World War II and to prevent another conflict.
• One of its main purposes is the promotion and
encouragement of "respect for human rights” It was
founded to replace the League of Nations following World
War II and to prevent another conflict.and for fundamental
freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex,
language or religion."
• The name “United Nations", coined by United States
President Franklin D. Roosevelt was first used in 1942,
during the Second World War.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
1948
• The term 'human right' was first coined by Thomas Paine and used in his English
translation of the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
• However,it was Eleanor Roosevelt who suggested in 1947 that the term 'Rights of
Man' be changed to 'Human Rights'.
• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the UN General Assembly on
10 December 1948.
• The Commission on Human Rights was made up of 18 members from various
political, cultural and religious backgrounds. Eleanor Roosevelt, widow of American
President Franklin D. Roosevelt, chaired the UDHR drafting committee.
• The influence of the UDHR has been substantial. Its principles have been
incorporated into the constitutions of most of the more than 185 nations now in the UN.
conclusion
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