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Human rights violations are a global issue, because we often come across news pertaining to human rights violations of women, children, handicapped, convicts and social workers, just to mention a few. Human rights are meant to be guaranteed to each and every person regardless of financial or social status, language, religion, color, origin, race, ethnicity, residence and gender. All of us equally possess human rights, such as: • Right to Life. • Right to Equality before the Law. • Civil and Political Rights. • Right to Freedom of Expression. • Social, Cultural and Economic Rights. • Right to Work. • Right to Education. • Right to Social Security. • Right to Development and Self-Determination. Human rights treaties guarantees rights and also impose obligations. They pose legal obligations on the Governments of the nations, to promote and protect human rights. Further, the imposed obligation requires government to safeguard individuals against human right abuses. The government of a nation must not intervene in the exercise of human rights by an individual. Further, the government should take steps to curb incidents of human rights violations. Important Principles of Human Rights The international human rights law derives its provisions from the principle of universality of human rights. In 1948, the principle was established for the first time in the Universal Declaration on Human Rights. Thereafter, this has been reaffirmed several times in numerous international human rights conventions, declarations, resolutions and rules. In 1993, was the Vienna World Conference on Human Rights established that countries must promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms, irrespective of their legal, political, economic and social systems. Further, all the countries across the world have become signatory of one or the other international human rights treaty. Also, most countries are signatory to four or more, major human rights treaties. Human rights have universal appeal because they are inalienable, interdependent, indivisible and interrelated. Deprivation of one right would have an adverse affect on the other rights. However, human rights of an individual may be taken away in case he is a criminal, such as a criminal’s right to liberty can be breached, based on court orders. Further, the international human rights law stipulates that the human rights possessed by an individual are equal and non-discriminatory. The principle of non-discrimination forms a significant principle of all major international human rights treaties and human rights conventions. Also, the principle of equality, mentioned in the Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, supports the principle of non-discrimination. The principle of equality establishes that ‘All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights’. The Author is a social media geek, working with Law Is Greek, An Initiative to Educate Indian people to the Indian Law & Their Human and Legal Rights.
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