The Issue Of Human Rights

“Ideas about human rights have evolved over many centuries. But they achieved strong international support following the Holocaust and World War II. To protect future generations from a repeat of these horrors, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948 and invited states to sign and ratify it”

The concept of the universal declaration of human rights is to give everyone equal rights and to take away single incidents or “accidents”. The value of people’s views keep peace and justice in the world. The quote “whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of justice and peace in the world” (UN Commission 1-3). The text also explains how the man is inclined to the right of other men and the ability to provide justice does not require

On a global political stand point there was a uniting of ideas and governments; what we know today as the United Nations (UN). One of the main ideas which the UN has grown up around is ‘The individual possess rights simply by virtue of being Human’ (The Universal Declaration of human rights); which was adopted by the general assembly in 10th December 1948. This statement is reflect in the core principles

The fight for human rights has always been marched since the World War II from women rights to certain ethnicity rights. Everyone wants to be treated equally because everyone shares the same emotions and has dreams and ambitions. It is important to empower individuals through values of tolerance, equality and respect for a good society to function. Then why is it different with animals as they also have emotions and purposes? Devaluing animal rights because humans are higher in the hierarchy or the food chain is pompous as animals have emotions and the feeling of pain and pleasure just as humans do. Each year in the Unites States, an estimated number of seventy million innocent animals undergo hurtful and deadly suffering in the name of science by scientific centers, cosmetic companies, household products, and educational institutions. Animal testing is wrong. This is because the action is unethical, ineffective, and unnecessary.

A great speech has the power to define the times, to inspire, and to motivate. Certain speeches from great people have made huge impacts, but “The Struggle for Human Rights” from Eleanor Roosevelt persuades the entire globe on humans’ rights, freedom, respect and peace. I read her text and saw a video on YouTube giving her speech even though it was long it gathered a lot my attention. It took me time to understand her speech after reading it three times. It’s good that someone like Eleanor Roosevelt existed and wanted to provide some peace to the world. I’m glad she touched many hearts in that time. War may still exist and can be caused but we should all take a glance to this speech and acknowledge what Eleanor was trying to do. She fought for social and civil rights, helped found the United Nations, and effectively ran the United Stated when her husband was ill. As shown above, all those awful situations led Eleanor Roosevelt to do such a speech as “The Struggle for Human Rights”.

a) Natural right- this refers to the right that an individual has from nature. Such a right is not given by anybody to the person. It is a right that comes naturally for the person. An example is a right to life. This is a right that everybody has naturally. Since this right comes naturally, for those who believe in God say that it is God given right, it should not be taken away from the owner. It should be left to go by itself. Taking away this right is violating the right of the person. For example in Pakistan, the natural right to life of a seven-month pregnant woman was violated by her parents when they cut off her throat thus killing her. The report says that a pregnant

“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.” These opening words of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights express a concept of man which underpins the framework of human rights embodied in the Universal Declaration and the two international covenants of Human Rights. Western political traditions is a concept that it derives from, is in harmony with moral and social teachings to be found in many other traditions and patterns of belief.

After examining the readings, it is easy to conclude that unauthorized immigrants to the United Sates do not have enough rights. There are laws that protect migrants, such as a few that were discussed in “The Development of International Human Rights Laws” which protects individuals from torture, or enslavement; individuals also have their right of freedom of religion, along with other basic human rights that were not mentioned (Laets). However, the doctrine that was signed by the United States to protect people within its borders is still lacking in important rights that could further protect migrants from harm.

Waldron’s assertion that rights are “by its very nature … an individualistic theory” because their purpose is to “secure goods for individuals”. Yet it does not necessarily follow that the requirements to be a rights-holder are restricted to individuals. Instead, this school of thought simply reflects the predominance of classical liberal theory in rights discourse and its legal canon. Green suggests that this is why certain interests associated with individualist qualities such as liberty and security are seen to be legitimate while other more communitarian interests, such as common enterprise, cooperative activity and group well-being, are not. Indeed, Marie-Benedicte goes so far as to suggest that human rights represent a “false aspiration” due to the prevalence given to the individual to the exclusion of solidarity, and so undermines the stability of mainstream human rights thinking. In this way, collective rights can be conceptually plausible within the rights discourse, and this is surely desirable if it provides more comprehensive protection of human rights.

From Article 25.1 under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it classifies that health and medical care is a basic human right. Although this document has no legalize backing, most countries support it and base their own policy on it. Human rights are important, as, without it, no one will have any freedoms and will harm their own health and health care access. While rights are important, for the safety of public health, people’s freedom might be taken away temporarily (isolation, for example). Individual human rights are important and should be protected.

Human rights are very important and need to be protected. Mother Jones, Cesar Chavez and William Barber fought for human rights in one way or another. Mother Jones and Cesar Chavez fought for workers rights, while William Barber fights for civil rights. All of these individuals showed courage and determination while fighting for human rights.

After World War II, the document called “The Universal Declaration of Human Rights” with the thirty rights (articles) to which all people are authorized to have(UDHR, 1948). The idea of “The Universal Declaration of Human Rights” was to describe in detail the rights that all people were entitled to in the world, in hopes to preventing anymore wars like the two world wars, which resulted in millions of people’s deaths and destruction of many countries(UDHR, 1948). The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was accepted around the world as the document which defined the thirty rights that all people where entitled to, no matter where you were from, lived, born or did(UDHR, 1948).

Human rights are rights that are believed to belong justifiably to every person no matter what situation, race, or gender. The people get to decide what is wrong and right, from voting, to being treated unequal, being called a minority, to there being government officials mistreating the way humans view things. “Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, color, religion, language, or any other status. We are all equally entitled to our human rights without servitude and compelling victims to commit sex acts for the purpose of creating discrimination.” ("Ckmgrey." Ckmgrey. Web. 17 Apr. 2016.) These rights are what protect us, they help all of us such as difrent genders, and race. Human rights were given to us to protect us from harm but there are evil people who do not care and will make you feel like you’re nothing and not worthy of rights. Human trafficking makes people feel like they’re nothing and or maybe even would rather kill themselves then have to live through all the painful things those people do.

These actions and behaviors oriented toward the common basic good are not limited to a particular population, but extend especially to the poor and vulnerable. Divisions between rich and poor grow daily, but the needs of the poor and vulnerable must be met first ("Catholic Social Teaching"). Optimum health is an ideal that should not discriminate, but supports health for all people. Because all human life is equally significant and should be equally respected, health is a state that all people should be able to pursue if they choose to do so. This ensures that all people have the option of being fully contributing members of society, not limited by illness or burdened by the expense of healthcare. Patients can be included in the category of ‘vulnerable’, as they are often uneducated about medicine and unable to help themselves. This claim is grounded in the principle that all human beings are united with one another. The human society is one community that must pursue justice and peace for all of its members ("Catholic Social Teaching"). Catholic Social Thought says that we are all in solidarity with one another and as a result should promote the mutual basic goods of both ourselves and others. We may do so by conceding that healthcare is indeed a human right.

The universal declaring of 1948 celebrated the belief in human rights as a great moral value. The definition of human rights shows they are rights accorded to humans because they are human and independent of their varying social circumstances and degrees of merit. The very concept of the existence of human rights raises different questions about the analysis of the concept of human rights of the advantages or disadvantages of the rights, vocabulary or their content or even their justification. This goes on questions of whether there is any ground for believing in something universal and inalienable like Human rights.