By Elizabeth H. Elys: Welcome to the new group “Between the Lines of the Public Consciousness”

“Share your story and we will fight together” Be aware of the injustice in the society!  

By Elizabeth H. Elys: Welcome to the new group “Between the Lines of the Public Consciousness” Today we can speak and analyze, what is everyday such topic in human life. We will focus on Human Rights. We are all equally entitled to our Human Rights without discrimination. These rights are all interrelated, interdependent and indivisible. Human Rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, color of the skin, religion, language or any other status.

Human Rights are based on the principle of respect for the individuals. The philosophy of Human Rights addresses questions about the existence, content, nature, universality, justification and legal status of Human Rights. Historical sources for bills of rights are:

1. The Magna Carta {1215}

2. The English Bill of Rights {1869}

3. The French Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen {1789}

4. The Bill of Rights in the US Constitution {1791}

 The main sources of the contemporary conception of Human Rights are the Universal Declaration of Human Rights [United Nations {1948}

Natural law theories based in humans Rights on" natural" ,moral, religious or even biological order that is independent of transitory  human laws or traditions. 

Socrates, the ancient philosopher and his heirs, Plato, Aristotle, posited the existence of natural justice or natural rights. Aristotle often said to be the Father of natural Law.

 Human rights are almost a form of religion in today's world; they are the great ethical yardstick that is used to measure a government's treatment of its people. The idea of Human Rights is not without its critics, J. Bentham, E. Burke< F. Nietzche and Karl Marx. Is example of historical philosophers who criticized the notion of Rights?

Soviet concept of Human Rights was different from conceptions prevalent in the West. According to Western legal theory, it is the individual who is the beneficiary of Human Rights, which are to be asserted against the government. Soviet law declared that State is source of Human Rights. Soviet legal system regarded law as an arm of politics and courts as agencies of government. Extensive extra judiciary powers were given to the Soviet secret police agencies.

Even in prosperous, democratic countries like Canada much public discourse is phrased in rhetoric of Rights. Legal documents to protect Human Rights have proliferated in Canada, culminating in the 1982 entrenchment of the Charter of Rights in the Constitution. Human Rights exist in morality and in law at the national and international levels. Human rights are the rights to freedom of religion, the rights to a fair trial when charged with a crime, the rights not to be tortured, and the rights to engage in political activity.

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