1. Basic Concept of Human RightshH
Human Rights For All
By: Ali Palh ,
Organization:RightsnowPakistan (

2. Understanding the concept

3. What are Human Rights?
Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, including you. Human rights are rights and freedom to which all humans are entitled.” Proponents of the concept usually assert that everyone is endowed with certain entitlements merely by reason of being human.

4. Regardless of your Status
No matter what you NATIONALITY is
No problem where you PLACE OF RESIDENCE
Your SEX is not an issue
Your ETHNICITY does not affect your entitlement to rights
Your COLOR has no role in deciding your rights
Your RELIGION does not matter for you to be right holder
LANGUAGE has no role in entitlement of rights
Any other STATUS does not affect your right

5. What are Human Rights Principles?
Universality
Inviolable
Inalienable
Indivisible
Interdependent
Inter-related

6. What are Human Rights Principles?
Universality
Inviolable
Inalienable
Indivisible
Interdependent
Inter-related
Equality
Non-discriminatory

7. TYPES OF RIGHTS: Negative and Positive Rights:
1. Negative Rights: is the right to be left alone. Negative rights are an absolute right whose slightest violation breaks this right. Right not be tortured. Duty bearer has to refrain.
2. Positive Rights: Right to health Right to education etc Duty bearer has to act.

8. Three Responsibilities of State
TO RESPECT YOUR HUMAN RIGHTS:
The obligation to respect means that States must refrain from interfering with or curtailing the enjoyment of human rights.
TO PROTECT YOUR HUMAN RIGHTS:
The obligation to protect requires States to protect individuals and groups against human rights abuses.
TO FULFIL YOUR HUMAN RIGHTS :
The obligation to fulfill means that States must take positive action to facilitate the enjoyment of basic human rights. At the individual level, while we are entitled our human rights, we should also respect the human rights of others.

9. Categories of Rights Civil and Political Rights
Economic Social and Cultural Rights
Individual and Community Rights
Democratic Rights

10. Derogable and Non-Derogable Rights
What is Derogation?
Temporary deviation in the way of detracting from many of
the rights provided in the law, international or domestic. The ACT of a state suspending the application and enjoyment of certain human rights upon its declaration of state of emergency affecting the life of a whole nation.
Derogation allows an state to take necessary measures of violating human rights norms during the derogation period. Derogation is a treaty clause (ICCPR 4).

11. Non-Derogable Rights Following rights can never be derogated
Article 6 – Right to Life (Article 9)
Article 7- Right not to be tortured (Article 14 Pakistani constitution)
Article 8 (paragraphs I and 2) No one shall be held in slavery (Article 11 Pakistani constitution)
Article 11 – No one shall be imprisoned merely on the ground of inability to fulfil a contractual obligation.
Article 15 –Protection against Retrospective Punishment (Article 12 Pakistani constitution)
Article 16 - Everyone shall have the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.
Article 18 – Freedom of thought, religion and conscience

12. Under what circumstances State Declares Emergencies
Civil War
Natural Disaster
Situations affecting the life of the nation
Situation threatens the public order

13. What are State’s responsibilities under Emergency?
To inform to the parties of ICCPR
To inform UN Secretary General about reasons and time period
Renewal of Emergencies passed from Parliament
State of Emergencies should continue until it needed
The rationale behind the derogation clause permitting the
suspension of certain rights is only for the sole and unique
purpose of restoring normalcy and to guarantee the exercise
of the most fundamental human rights.

14. Thanks – Questions, Concerns, Comments & Suggestion