Summary Enumeraton of All Human Right
Dear SO 220 Students:As you will see from the previous posts, you can download the Universal Declaration of HUman Rights (English and Tagalog Versions), the INternational Convention for Economi, Social and Cultural Rights and the INternatinoal Conventin for Civil and Political Rights. These three together is refereed to as the INternational Bill of Rights.
In addition, the following is the enumearation of all the rights from various conventions and declaration. PLEASE STUDY THIS!
SO 220
Human Rights
Class of Justin V. Nicolas
2nd Semester SY 2005-2006
AN ENUMERATION OF THE VARIOUS RIGHTS OIF INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS, AND PEOPLE AS CONTAINED IN MAJOR INTERNATIONAL DECLARATION AND CONVENTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS
UNIVERSAL RIGHTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL
CIVIL RIGHTS
Right to life
Right to Liberty
Right to freedom and torture
Right to equality before the law
Right to freedom from discrimination
Right to juridical personality (be recognized as a person before the law)
Right to nationality
Right to (bear and be registered under a) name
Right to due process or the rights to have limitation (derogation) of one’s rights implemented according to procedures prescribed by law
Right to access to court
Right to trial before a competent, impartial and independent judicial authority
Right to public trial
Right to be informed of charges
Right to be presumed innocent
Right to freedom and giving self-incriminating evidence
Right to access to relevant information
Right to (free) legal assistance
Right to choose defense (have legal counsel of one’s choosing)
Right to have adequate time and facilities to prepare defense
Right to defend and be heard in person
Right to communication with defense counsel
Right to the free assistance of an interpreter
Right to equality or arms (to have a reasonable opportunity to present one’s case before the court under conditions which do not place one in disadvantage vis-à-vis one’s opponent)
Right to examination of witness
Right to take proceedings (privilege of the writ of habeas corpus)
Right to effective remedy (to have effective means of redress before authorities in case of violations guaranteed rights and freedoms)
Right to freedom form durable jeopardy
Right to non-retro activity of penalty (freedom from penalty heavier than the one applicable at the time the offense was committed)
Right to appeal or have one’s conviction and sentence reviewed by a higher tribunal
Right to humane treatment (freedom from cruel, degrading or inhuman treatment or punishment)
Right to appropriate treatment as prisoner Right to protection from abuse of authority Right to receive, seek and impart information Right to freedom of conscience and to freely hold opinions (including religious and political beliefs)
Right to security on one’s privacy of home
Right to security in one’s honor and reputation protected Right to liberty or movement (freedom of travel)
Right to freedom of residence
Right to obtain compensation in case of miscarriage of justice
Right not to be subjected to medical or scientific experiments without free consent
Right to marry (including right not to enter into marriage without giving free and full consent)
Right not to be deprived of property arbitrarily
Right to freedom and imprisonment due to debt
Right not to be arbitrarily exiled
Right to enter a country
Right to leave a country
Right to freedom from incitement to discrimination, hatred or violence (to be protected through the prohibition by the state of the head advocacy of national, racial or religious discrimination, hatred or violence)
Right to conscientious objection (objection to perform compulsory military service for reasons of conscience or profound religious, ethical and similar convictions)
Right to alternative service of a civil nature offered as alternative to compulsory military service)
POLITICAL RIGHTS
o Right to freedom of expression (including press freedom)
o Right to freedom of assembly
o Right to freedom of association
o Right to vote
o Right to political participation (to campaign for and/or participate in party politics, etc.)
o Right to free and periodic elections
o Right to equal access to public service (including right to be elected to office)
ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS
Right to work
Right to choice of employment
Right to own property
Right to adequate standards of living
Right to access to education
Right to found a family
Right to respect and protection of the family as the fundamental group unit of society
Right to social security
Right to insurance
Right to social and medical assistance
Right to adequate nutrition
Right to social welfare benefits freedom indispensable for research
Right to enjoyment of scientific advancements
Right to protection of health (such as prevention and control by the state of epidemic diseases)
Right to protection or morals
RIGHTS OF PROTECTED GROUPS
Rights of Workers
Right to equal remuneration (equal pay for equal work)
Right to collective bargaining
Right to appropriate bargaining machinery
Right to form and join trade unions
Right (of trade unions to federate)
Right to strike
Right to paid leave
Right to fair remuneration
Right to limited working hours
Right to weekly rest periods
Right to advance notice of dismissal
Right to equal opportunity for promotion safe and healthy working conditions
Right to join consultations between worker and employers
Right to progressive reduction of working hours (limitation of working hours specifically in proportion to increase of productivity)
Right to sheltered employment
Right to vocational guidance
Right to vocational training
Rights of Women
Right to equal remuneration
Right to equality of the sexes
Right to equality of the spouses
Right to protection from exploitation
Right to maternity leave of pregnant women
Right to freedom from capital punishment of pregnant women
Rights of Children and Juveniles
Right to a name
Right (of children born out of wedlock) to enjoy equal rights as those born in wedlock
Right to access to education (including fee and compulsory elementary education)
Right to free vocational training/apprenticeship
Right (of arrested juveniles) to rehabilitation
Right to freedom from capital punishment
Right to protection from neglect, cruelty and exploitation
Right to protection through a minimum age for employment
Right to opportunity for play and recreation
Right to social services
Rights of Aliens
Right to territorial asylum
Right to freedom from deportation (not to be deported to a country where their right to life or persona freedom is endangered because of their race, nationality, religion, social status or political opinion)
Right to freedom from collective expulsion
Right to family reunion (right to reunite one’s dispersed family)
Rights of Prisoners
Right to be registered as a prisoner
Right to be separated in categories (men should be detained separately from women, untried prisoners from convicted prisoners, persons imprisoned for debt from criminals and young person from adults)
Right to individual accommodation
Right to adequate ventilation, lighting, heating, sanitary facilities and other necessitates for health and hygiene
Right to clothing and bedding
Right to adequate food and water
Right to suitable exercise and sports
Right to medical services
Right to freedom from corporal punishment, and all cruel or degrading punishment
Right to freedom from punishment, including disciplinary measures, except in accordance with law and regulations
Right to present request or complaints to authorities
Right to contact with family and reputable friends (by correspondence and receiving visits)
Right to be regularly informed of news in the outside world
Right to use the prison library
Right to practice religion
Right to retain personal property
Right to protection from public security
Right (of women prisoners) to be attended to by women officers only
Right (of insane and mentally abnormal prisoners) to be removed to mental institutions
Rights of Aging Persons
Right to freedom from capital punishment
Right to social security
Right of Differently-Abled Persons
Right to preferential employment from differently-abled persons
Right to occupational rehabilitation
Right to social resettlement
Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Right to existence
Right to the respect of its national and cultural identity
Right to retain peaceful possession of its territory and to return to it if expelled
Right to self-determination
Right to freedom and genocide
Right to freedom from colonial or foreign domination
Right to freedom from apartheid
Right to democratic government
Right to dispose of natural wealth and resources
Right to participate in international scientific and technical progress
Right to equal and just terms in international trade
Right to culture, such as the right to linguistic and cultural freedom, and the right to its artistic, historical and cultural wealth
Right to the conservation, protection and improvement of their environment
Right to make use of the common heritage of humankind (the high seas, the sea bed, the outer space)
Right to collective enjoyment of rights and freedoms
Right to linguistic and cultural freedoms
Right to freedom from discrimination
Source: Amnesty International (1998). Human Rights Education Learning Package: Trainor’s Manual. (in Teaching Peace, Human Rights and Conflict Resolution)
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