HUMAN RIGHTS

HUMAN RIGHTS & DUTIES EDUCATION

Hello welcome you all to this page. Here we are going to have a detailed study about Human Rights and Duties Education by knowing its meaning, nature, scope and its several organs functioning to ensure the dignity and legal rights for a human being in this busy running world. Human Rights is a broad field of study covering issues related to the “basic freedoms and rights to which every person is entitled”.

WHAT ARE CALLED AS HUMAN RIGHTS? WHY?

Human rights are moral principles or norms that describe certain standards of human behaviour and are regularly protected as natural and legal rights in municipal and international law. They are commonly understood as inalienable,fundamental rights "to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being" and which are "inherent in all human beings", regardless of their age, ethnic origin, location, language, religion, ethnicity, or any other status. They are applicable everywhere and at every time in the sense of being universal, and they are egalitarian in the sense of being the same for everyone. They are regarded as requiring empathy and the rule of law and imposing an obligation on persons to respect the human rights of others, and it is generally considered that they should not be taken away except as a result of due process based on specific circumstances; for example, human rights may include freedom from unlawful imprisonment, torture, and execution.

WHAT IS HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION?

Human Rights Education (HRE) is learning that develops the KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, and VALUES of human rights with the broad goal of building a universal human rights culture.  In other words, students should be aware of the issues, concerned by the issues, and capable of standing up for human rights. Human rights education will move students from understanding human rights concepts to examining their experiences from a human rights perspective and incorporating these concepts into their personal values and decision-making processes.

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