Human rights are rights that are inherent to all human beings, regardless of their nationality, sex, national or ethnic origin, color, religion, language, or any other status[2][3]. They are not granted by any state, but are rather moral principles or norms for certain standards of human behavior that are regularly protected in municipal and international law[1]. Human rights are commonly understood as inalienable, fundamental rights “to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being” and which are “inherent in all human beings”[1]. These basic rights are based on shared values like dignity, fairness, equality, respect, and independence, and are defined and protected by law[5]. Human rights are indivisible, meaning that whether civil, political, economic, social, or cultural in nature, they are all inherent to the dignity of every human person[6]. Some examples of human rights include the right to life, liberty, and security of person, the right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion, the right to work and education, and the right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly[4].
Citations:
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights
[2] https://www.ohchr.org/en/what-are-human-rights
[3] https://www.un.org/en/global-issues/human-rights
[4] https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights
[5] https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/human-rights/what-are-human-rights
[6] https://www.unicef.org/child-rights-convention/what-are-human-rights
Human rights violations occur in many parts of the world and take many forms. Here are some examples of human rights violations around the world:
- Individuals are tortured or abused in at least 81 countries[1].
- Face unfair trials in at least 54 countries[1].
- Restricted in their freedom of expression in at least 77 countries[1].
- Discrimination against ethnic and religious minorities, enforced disappearances, torture and other ill-treatment, and the use of the death penalty and other cruel, inhuman or degrading punishments in the Middle East and North Africa[2].
- Draconian measures to repress the rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly in the Middle East and North Africa[2].
- Arbitrary detention, unfounded criminal prosecutions, unfair trials, imprisonment, travel bans, threats, and other forms of harassment of human rights defenders, journalists, protesters, women’s rights campaigners, political activists, and other critics or dissidents in the Middle East and North Africa[2].
- Impunity for unlawful killings and other serious human rights violations prevailing domestically across the region in the Middle East and North Africa[2].
- Women and children in particular are marginalized in numerous ways, the press is not free in many countries, and dissenters are silenced, too often permanently[1].
- 40 million children below the age of 15 suffer from abuse and neglect[6].
These are just a few examples of human rights violations around the world. Human rights violations exist in every part of the world and take many different forms.
Citations:
[1] https://www.humanrights.com/what-are-human-rights/violations-of-human-rights/
[2] https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/middle-east-and-north-africa/report-middle-east-and-north-africa/
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights
[4] https://ourworldindata.org/human-rights
[5] https://www.un.org/en/global-issues/human-rights
[6] https://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-human-rights-violations