HUMAN RIGHTS            

HUMAN RIGHTS. PRESENTED BY MD ARQUAM NADEEM BBA2117.

WHAT ARE HUMAN RIGHTS?. HUMAN RIGHTS ARE RIGHTS INHERENT TO ALL HUMAN BEINGS, WHAT EVER OUR NATIONALITY,PLACE OF RESIDENSE, CASTE , SEX, CREED,COLOR, RELIGION, LANGUAGE OR ANY OTHER STATUS. WE ALL ARE EQUALLY ENTITLED TO OUR HUMAN RIGHTS WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION . THESE RIGHTS ARE ALL INTERRELATED, INTERDEPENDENT, AND INDIVISIBLE THEY CAN NEVER BE TAKEN AWAY.

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CLASSIFICATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS. CIVIL HUMAN RIGHTS POLITICAL HUMAN RIGHTS ECONOMIC HUMAN RIGHTS SOCIAL HUMAN RIGHTS CULTURAL HUMAN RIGHTS.

DEFINITION OF POLITICAL HUMAN RIGHTS. THE RIGHTS THAT INVOLVE PARTICIPATION IN ESTABLISHMENT OR ADMINISTRATION OF A GOVERNMENT AND ARE USUALLY HELD TO ENTITLE THE ADULT CITIZEN TO EXERCISE OF THE FRANCHISE , THE HOLDING OF PUBLIC OFFICE , AND OTHER POLITICAL ACTIVITIES.

POLITICAL RIGHTS. RIGHTS SUCH AS – NATURAL JUSTICE (PROCEDURAL FAIRNESS) IN LAW, SUCH AS THE RIGHTS OF ACCUSED , INCLUDING THE RIGHTS TO A FAIR TRIAL. DUE PROCESS. THE RIGHTS TO SEEK REDRESS OR A LEGAL REMEDY. THE RIGHTS OF PARTICIPATION IN CIVIL SOCIETY AND POLITICS SUCH AS FREEDOM ASSOCIATION , THE RIGHT TO ASSEMBLE, THE RIGHT TO PETITION,THE RIGHT TO SELF-DEFENSE AND THE RIGHT TO VOTE.

EXAMPLES OF: POLITICAL HUMAN RIGHTS.

POLITICAL RIGHTS. RIGHT TO VOTE: In a democratic state, every adult citizen is given the right to vote. By the use of this right, citizens elect the government of their choice. This right is given only to the adults i.e. persons above a particular age 18 years or 21 years. RIGHT TO GET ELECTED: In a democratic state every citizen is also given the right to get elected to any public office. He can get elected to a legislature, or municipal corporation/ municipal committee or panchayat and work as its member. Some qualifications are however fixed for seeking election. RIGHT TO HOLD PUBLIC OFFICE: Citizens also have the right to hold public offices after getting elected as representatives of the people. While fixing qualifications, no discrimination is made and proper care is taken that only competent persons may get elected..

RIGHT TO PETITION: Citizens have the right to petition and they can send applications individually or collectively to the authorities for the redress of their grievances. RIGHT TO FORM POLITICAL PARTIES: In every democratic state; people have the right to form their political parties and to participate in the political process through these. RIGHT TO CRITICISE: In a democratic state citizen also enjoy the right to criticise the politics of the government. It is through the exercise of this right that the government is made responsible..

RIGHT TO OPPOSE THE GOVERNMENT: Citizens of a democratic, like India, have the right to oppose the government when it may fail to protect their interests. However such a resistance has to be peaceful and by constitutional means. All these civil, economic and political rights are granted and guaranteed by the state, in fact by a democratic state, to all its citizens without any discrimination..