Thursday, April 28, 2011

Human Rights Articles.

Article 2# 
Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.
Every human being has the rights to be free, because of the rules of the Declaration; no one can be ranked because of where they were born or if they have a different skin colour. Everyone is equal. Everyone may speak for themselves. It also makes no difference whether the country you live in is independent or not.
Article 6#
 Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.

You should be legally protected in the same way everywhere, and like everyone else. Your human rights should be protected by the laws written and passed in your country. A person before the law is someone who is recognized to be subject to the protection offered by the legal system and the responsibilities required by it.

Article 18#
Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.

Everyone is equal to the same amount of respect for their religion choice as others. They can decide what religion they want to follow, if they want to follow a religion, then that is there choice. Some people don’t believe that the world existed from a God, they believe that it was Science.
 
 

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

United Nations.

What are Human rights?

Human rights are the rights and freedom that we all have.

Some human rights are based on our physical needs.
  • The right to life. To Food, Water and Shelter.
Other human rights protect us.
  • The right to be free from torture, cruel treatment and abuse.
Human rights are also there to ensure we develop to our fullest potential.
  • Human rights to education. To work. To participate in your community.

Everybody has Human rights. It doesn't matter who you are, where you come from, what language you speak or what religion you belong to. You have a duty to respect the rights of others, just as they have a duty to respect yours. Nobody can take your rights away.


Human rights are based on the values of:
  • Dignity
  • Justice
  • Respect
  • Eqaulity
Human rights were officially recognised as values by the world when the United Nations was set up.




WHAT IS THE UNITED NATIONS?

  • The United Nations (UN) is an international organisation that was established in 1945, the year The Second World War ended.
  • It's founders hoped it would be able to prevent catastrophes like the Holocaust from happening in the future.
  • So promoting human rights became an aim of the UN, along with maintaing international peace and reducing poverty.

THE UNIVERSAL DECLARARTION  OF HUMAN RIGHTS

The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human rights (UDHR) is the most famous human rights agreement in the world. It contains 30 Human rights.

Who wrote the UDHR?

The people who wrote the UDHR came from Australia, Chile, China, France, Lebanon, the former Soveit union, the UK and the US.