Presented by; Hazeem,Hamza Ihsan,Hamza Khalid, Ibad and Farzan VI-C
Human rights are moral principles or norms [1] that describe certain standards of human behavior, and are regularly protected as legal rights in national and international law. [2] They are commonly understood as inalienable [3] fundamental rights "to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being," [4] and which are "inherent in all human beings" [5] regardless of their nation, location, language, religion, ethnic origin or any other status. [3] They are applicable everywhere and at every time in the sense of being universal
The philosophy of human rights attempts to examine the underlying basis of the concept of human rights and critically looks at its content and justification. Several theoretical approaches have been advanced to explain how and why human rights have become a part of social expectations
Human rights can be classified and organized in a number of different ways. At an international level the most common categorisation of human rights has been to split them into civil and political rights, and economic, social and cultural rights
The claims made by human rights to universality have led to criticism. Philosophers who have criticized the concept of human rights include Jeremy Bentham, Edmund Burke, Friedrich Nietzsche and Karl Marx
Freedom from slavery is internationally recognized as a human right. Article 4 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms. [79] Despite this, the number of slaves today is higher than at any point in history, [80] remaining as high as 12 million [81] to 27 million,]
Reproductive rights rest on the recognition of the basic right of all couples and individuals to decide freely and responsibly the number, spacing and timing of their children and to have the information and means to do so, and the right to attain the highest standard of sexual and reproductive health. They also include the right of all to make decisions concerning reproduction free of discrimination, coercion and violence.