Protection of Human Rights
Human Rights are the rights that belong to each and every human being. It aims to provide dignity, equality, fairness, freedom, justice, peace, and independence in thoughts and opinions. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, place of birth, or economic status. These rights once given cannot be taken back unless and until the rights given are misused against law and goes against national security. Human Rights are part and parcel of International Law which is contained in treaties and declarations that mentions basic rights. Also, domestic laws of countries have their own set of rights.
There lies the difficulty in finding the exact definition of Human Rights but some jurists have defined Human Rights differently :
- According to Susan Moller Okin: “Human Rights as a claim to something of the crucial importance of human rights”.
- According to Dr Purohit: “Human rights are the basic values which underlie the human being, born in any part of the world, are equal in dignity and rights”.
- Human rights as rights are generally acknowledged as part of those rights which are given by birth and the rights which are inalienable, inherited rights which should be free from discrimination to execute these rights the duties lie upon the state and its subordinate authorities, thus rights are protected by the state.
- The concept of Human Rights in the first place relies upon providing a quality life to people and the growth of their self-development. These rights aim to develop basic standards for people without which providing quality life and dignity is not possible.
- Human Rights as mentioned before are universal, inalienable and interdependent. These rights are indivisible; this can be elaborated as each and every right whether it is recognized by local laws or not are important and cannot be taken away or separated from one another here political order or governments step cannot take these rights.
