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    Human rights are inherent and inalienable rights that allow humans to live as human beings and develop their humanity. They include rights to life, dignity, and self-development. Basic characteristics of human rights are that they are inherent, fundamental, inalienable, imprescriptible, indivisible, universal, and interdependent. Rights can be classified according to their source, recipient, aspect of life protected, struggle for recognition, and ability to be limited. Principles of human rights emphasize the inviolable dignity of all humans and role of government in protecting that dignity.

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    Human rights are inherent and inalienable rights that allow humans to live as human beings and develop their humanity. They include rights to life, dignity, and self-development. Basic characteristics of human rights are that they are inherent, fundamental, inalienable, imprescriptible, indivisible, universal, and interdependent. Rights can be classified according to their source, recipient, aspect of life protected, struggle for recognition, and ability to be limited. Principles of human rights emphasize the inviolable dignity of all humans and role of government in protecting that dignity.

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    Human rights are inherent and inalienable rights that allow humans to live as human beings and develop their humanity. They include rights to life, dignity, and self-development. Basic characteristics of human rights are that they are inherent, fundamental, inalienable, imprescriptible, indivisible, universal, and interdependent. Rights can be classified according to their source, recipient, aspect of life protected, struggle for recognition, and ability to be limited. Principles of human rights emphasize the inviolable dignity of all humans and role of government in protecting that dignity.

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    HUMAN RIGHTS DIGNITY AND

    COMMON GOOD
    GENERAL NATURE AND DEFINITION
    OF HUMAN RIGHTS
    • Those rights, which are inherent in our nature,
    and without which, we cannot live as human
    beings.
    • Allow us to develop and use our human
    qualities, intelligence, talents and conscience,
    and to satisfy our spiritual and other needs.
    • Supreme, inherent, and inalienable rights to
    life, dignity, and self-development.
    • The essence of these rights makes man
    human.
    Basic Characteristics of Human Rights:
    • 1. Inherent
    • Not granted by any person or authority
    • 2. Fundamental
    • Without them, the life and dignity of man will be
    meaningless
    • 3. Inalienable
    • Cannot be rightfully taken away from a free
    individual
    • Cannot be given away or be forfeited
    • 4. Imprescriptible
    • Cannot be lost even if man fails to use or assert
    them, even by a long passage of time
    Basic Characteristics of Human Rights:
    • 5. Indivisible
    • Not capable of being divided
    • Cannot be denied even when other rights
    have already been enjoyed
    • 6. Universal
    • Applies irrespective of one’s origin, status, or
    condition or place where one lives
    • Rights can be enforced without national
    border
    • 7. Interdependent
    • The fulfillment or exercise of one cannot be
    had without the realization of the other
    Classification of Rights:
    • According to Source
    • According to Recipient
    • According to Aspect of Life
    • According to Struggle for Recognition
    • According to Derogability
    ACCORDING TO SOURCE
    • Natural Rights
    – God-given rights, acknowledged by
    everybody to be morally good
    – Unwritten, but prevail as norms of the
    society
    • Constitutional Rights
    – Conferred and protected by the
    Constitution and which cannot be modified
    or taken away by the law-making body
    ACCORDING TO SOURCE
    • Statutory Rights
    –Those rights which are provided by law
    promulgated by the law-making body
    –May be abolished by the body that
    created them
    According to Aspect of Life
    • Civil Rights
    – Rights which the law will enforce at the
    instance of private individuals for the
    purpose of securing to them the enjoyment
    of their means of happiness
    – Partake of the nature of political rights
    when they are utilized as a means to
    participate in the government
    According to Aspect of Life
    • Political Rights
    –Rights which enable us to participate in
    running the affairs of the government
    either directly or indirectly
    • Economic and Social Rights
    –Those which the law confers upon the
    people to enable them to achieve
    social and economic development
    According to Aspect of Life
    • Cultural Rights
    –Rights that ensure the well-being of
    the individual and foster the
    preservation, enrichment, and dynamic
    evolution of national culture based on
    the principle of unity in diversity in a
    climate of free artistic and intellectual
    expression.
    Human Rights Principles:
    • The dignity of man and human life is
    inviolable. From the dignity of man is
    derived the right of every person to free
    development of his personality.

    • A legitimate state should exist to assure


    that in the discharge of the
    governmental functions, the dignity that
    is the birthright of every human being is
    duly safeguarded.

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