2.  Identification and proclamation of human rights is
one of the most significant attempts to respond
effectively to the inescapable demands of human
dignity.
 The church sees in these rights the extraordinary
opportunity that our modern times offer. Through
the affirmation of these rights, for more effectively
recognizing human dignity and universally
promoting it as characteristics inscribed by God
the creator in his creature.
 The roots of human rights are to be found in the
human dignity that belongs to each human being.

3.  The ultimate source of human
rights is not found in the mere
will of human beings, in the
reality of the state, in public
powers, but in man himself and in
God as his creator.

4.  When God became man, to save every single
man, the joyous announcement of the angels rang
out peace on earth to men of goodwill! And the
church, in the course of the centuries had the task
and carried out the mission of ensuring that the
rights of man should be recognized, respected and
promoted, and or diffusing the new commandment
of love: Love among individuals, Love among
groups, Love among peoples.
 The Catholic Church is the chief figure in every
effort to promote and protect human rights.
 Christianity has worked for the recognition of the
values or the human personality in international
law, with gradual pressure in three directions:

5. 1. By making a powerful contribution to the
affirmation of the rights of human person.
2. By basing this affirmation on the
irrepressible claim of natural law; and by
coupling also the nucleus of international
law with this law.
3. And a posteriori counter-proof of the
goodness of the church’s message is
offered by its translation into works made in
the course of centuries.

6.  UNIVERSAL: They are present in all human
beings without exception of time, place and
subject.
 INVIOLABLE: It would be vain to proclaim
these rights, if at the same time everything is
not done to ensure the duty of respecting
them by all people.
 INALIENABLE: No one can deprive another
person whoever they maybe at this rights.

7.  ―Human rights are to be defended not
only individually but also as a
whole, protecting them only partially
would imply a kind of failure to
recognize them.‖
 They correspond to the demands of
human dignity and entail, in the first
place, the fulfillment of the essential
needs of the person in the material
and spiritual needs.

8. THE RIGHT TO LIFE:
 Right of the child to develop in the mother’s womb
from the moment of conception.
 The right to live in a united family and in a moral
environment conducive to the growth of the child’s
personality.
 The right to develop one’s intelligence and freedom in
seeking and knowing the truth.
 The right to share in the work which makes wise use
of the earth’s material resources and to derive from
that work the means to support oneself and one’s
dependents.
 The right to freely establish a family, to have and to
rear children through the responsible exercise one’s
sexuality.

9.  ―The Right to Life‖ is the condition for the
exercise of all other rights and, in
particular, implies the illicitness of every form
of procured abortion and of euthanasia.‖
 ―All men are to be immune from coercion on
the part of individuals or of social groups and
of any human power, in such wise that no one
is to be forced to act in a manner of contrary
to his own beliefs, whether privately alone in
association with others, within due limits.‖

10.  INDISSOLUBLY LINKED
SOCIAL DIMENSION: ―In human society, to one
man’s right there corresponds a duty in all other
persons: The Duty, namely, of acknowledging and
respecting the right in question.‖
 THE MAGISTERIUM underlines the contradiction
inherit in affirming rights without acknowledging
corresponding responsibilities.
 Therefore, those who claim their own rights, yet
altogether forget or neglect to carry out their
respective duties, are people who build with one
hand and destroy with the other.

11.  The MAGISTERIUM points out that international
law rest upon the principle of equal respect for
states, for each people’s right to self
determination and for their free cooperation in
view of the higher common good of humanity.
 The rights of nations are nothing but ―HUMAN
RIGHTS‖ fostered at the specific level of
community life.
 A nation has the fundamental right to
existence, to its own language and
culture, through which a people expresses and
promotes.
 The international order requires a balance
between particularly and universality which all
nations are called to bring about.

12.  The solemn proclamation of human rights is
contradicted by a painful reality of violations.
―Wars and violence of every kind‖
―Genocides and Mass Deportations‖
―Virtual worldwide dimension of new forms of
slavery‖
 Human trafficking, Child soldiers, Exploitation of
workers, Illegal drug trafficking, prostitution.
 Unfortunately, there is a gap between the ―letter‖
and the ―spirit‖ of human rights, which can often
be attributed to a merely formal recognition of
these rights.

13.  The church social doctrine, in consideration
of the privilege of accorded by the gospel to
the poor, repeats over and over that the more
fortunate should renounce some of their
rights so as to place some of their goods
more generously at the service of others and
that an excessive affirmation of equality can
give rise to an individualism in which is one
claim in his own rights without wishing to be
answerable for the common good.

14.  Defense
(Denunciation of the Violations of Human
Rights)
Promotion of Human rights
 (Proclamation of the Christian Foundation of
Human Rights)
Proclamation is more important than
Denunciation and the latter cannot ignore the
former.
This commitment is open to ecumenical Cooperation

15.  To dialogue with other
religions, organization, government and NGO’s at
the national and international levels.
 The Catholic Church tradition presents its most
extensive delineation of Human Rights in Pope John
XXII’s encyclical PEACE ON EARTH (PACEM IN
TERRIS)
 POPLE JOHN XXIII contends that PEACE CAN BE
ESTABLISHED ONLY IF THE SOCIAL OERDER SET
DOWN BY God is fully observed. Thus, he sketches
a list of rights and duties to be followed by
individuals, public authorities, national
governments, and the world community

16. 1. Right to life and worthy standard of
living, including rights to proper development of
life and to basic security
2. Rights of moral and cultural values, including
freedom to search for and express
opinions, freedom of information, and right to
education.
3. Right to Religion and Conscience.
4. Right to choose one’s state in life, rights to
establish a family and pursue a religious vocation.
5. Economic Rights, including right to work, a just
and sufficient wage, and to hold private property.
6. Rights of meeting and association .
7. Right to emigrate and immigrate.
8. Political rights, including right to participate in
public affairs and juridical protection of rights.

17. 1. To acknowledge and respect rights to
others.
2. To collaborate mutually.
3. To at for other responsibly.
4. To preserve life and live it becomingly.
The development of each person, the
honoring of her or his rights, and the
common good of all the human family are
the responsibility of each and of all.

18.  A look at the background of Human Rights
Originally, people had right only because of their
membership in a group, such a family. Then, in
539 BC, Cyrus the Great, after conquering the city
of Babylon, did something totally unexpected – the
freed all salves to return home. Moreover, he
declared people should choose their own religions.
The Cyrus Cylinder, a clay tablet containing his
statements, is the first human rights declaration in
history.
The idea of human rights spread quickly to
India, Greece and eventually Rome. The most
important advances since then have included

19.  1215: The Magna Carta – gave people new rights
and made the king subject ot he alw.
 1628: The Petition of Right – set out the rights of
the people.
 1776: The United State Declaration of
Independence – proclaimed the right to
life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
 1789: The Declaration of the Rights of Man and
of the Citizen – a document of France, stating
that all citizens are equal under the law.
 1748: The Declaration of the Rights of Human
Rights – the first document

20.  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. ― Human rights are thus
conceived as universal (applicable
everywhere), and egalitarian (the same for
everyone). These rights may exist as natural
rights or as legal rights, in both national and
international law.
 While some dictionaries define the word right as
―a privilege‖, when used in the context of ―human
rights‖, we are talking about something more
basic.
 Every person is entitled to certain fundamental
rights, simply by the fact of being human. These
are called ―human rights‖ rather than a privilege
(which can be taken away at someone’s whim).

21.  They are ―rights‖ because they are things you are
allowed to be, to do or to have. These rights are
there for your protection against people who might
want to harm or hurt you. They are also there to
help us get along with each other and live in peace.
 Many people know something about their rights.
Generally they know they have the right to food
and a safe place to stay. They know, they have a
right to be pad for the work they do. But there are
many other rights.
 When human rights are not well known by
people, abuses such as
discrimination, intolerance, injustice, oppression
and slavery can arise.

 Born out of the atrocities and enormous loss of life
during World War II, the United Nationals Universal.
Declaration of Human Rights was singed in 1948 to
provide a common understanding of what
everyone’s right are. It forms that basis for a world
built on, freedom, justice and peace .

22. Introduction
The United Nations (UN) came into being in
1945, shortly after the end of World War II.
The stated purpose of the UN is to bring peace to
all nations of the world. After World War II, a
committee of persons headed by Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt, the wife of US President Franklin D.
Roosevelt, wrote a special document which
―declares‖ the rights that everyone in the entire
world should have—the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights. Today there are 192 member states
of the UN, all of whom have signed on in
agreement with the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights.

23.  Where Do Universal Rights Begin?
"In small places, close to home—so close and so small
that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. Yet
they are the world of the individual person; the
neighborhood he lives in; the school or college he
attends; the factory, farm or office where he works. Such
are the places where every man, woman, and child seeks
equal justice, equal opportunity, equal dignity without
discrimination. Unless these rights have meaning
there, they have little meaning anywhere. Without
concerted citizen action to uphold them close to
home, we shall look in vain for progress in the larger
world."
Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of US President Franklin D.
Roosevelt, and Chair of the United Nations Commission
that wrote the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in
1948.

24.  Human rights are the rights a person has simply because
he or she is a human being.
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and
rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and
should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Kant said that human beings have an intrinsic value absent
in inanimate objects. To violate a human right would
therefore be failure to recognize the worth of human life.
Human right is a concept that has been constantly evolving
throughout human history. They have been intricately tied
to the laws, customs and religions throughout the ages.
Most societies have had traditions similar to the ―golden
rule‖ of ―Do unto other says you would have them do unto
you.‖ The Hindu Vedas, the Babylonian Code of
Hammurabi, the Bible, the Qurann (Koran), and the Analects
of Confucius are five of the oldest written sources which
address questions of people’s duties, rights, and
responsibilities.

25.  Different countries ensure these rights in different
way. In India they are contained in the Constitution
as fundamental rights, i.e. they are guaranteed
stature. In the UK they are available through
precedence, various elements having been laid down
by the courts through case law. In
addition, international law and conventions also
provide certain safeguards.
 Human rights refer to the ―basic right and freedoms
to which all humans are entitled‖. Examples of
rights and freedoms which have come to be
commonly thought of as human rights include civil
and political rights, such as the right to live and
liberty, freedom of expression, and equality before
the law; and social, cultural and economic
rights, including the rights to participate in
culture, the right to food, the right to work, and the
right to education.

26.  ―A human right is a universal moral
right, something which all men, everywhere, at
all times ought to have, something of which no
one may be deprived without a grave affront to
justice, something which is owing to every
human simply because he is human.‖ Human
rights are inalienable: you cannot lose these
rights any more than you can cease being a
human being. Human rights are intendependent:
all human rights are part of a complementary
framework. For example, your ability to
participate in your government is directly
affected by your right to express yourself, to get
an education, and even to obtain the necessities
of life.

27. Another definition for human rights is those
basic standard without which people cannot
live identity. To violate someone’s human
rights is to treat the at person as though he or
she was not a human being. To advocate
human rights is to demand that the human
dignity of all people be respected.
In claiming these human rights, everyone also
accepts the responsibility not to infringe on the
rights of others and to support those who
rights are abused or denied.

28.  Any society that is to protect human rights
must have the following characteristics:
 A de jure or free state in which the right to
self-determination and rule of law exist.
 A legal system for the protection of human
rights.
 Effective organized (existing within the
framework of the state) or unorganized
guarantees.

29.  1. First generation rights which include civil
and political rights.
 2. Second generation rights such as
economic, social and cultural rights.
 3. Third generation rights such as the right
of self-determination and the right to
participate in the benefits form mankind’s
common heritage.

30.  Human rights may be either positive
or negative. An example of the
former is the right to a fair trial and an
example of the latter is the right not
be tortured.
 Universal Declaration of Human Rights
 This simplified version of the 30
Articles of the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights has created especially
for young people.

31. 1. WE ARE ALL BORN FREE & EQUAL. We all born free. We all have
our own thoughts and ideas. We should all be treated in the same way.
2. DON’T DISCRIMINATE. These rights belong to everybody, whatever
our differences.
3. THE RIGHT TO LIFE. We all have the right to life, and to live in
freedom and safety.
4. TO SLAVERY: Nobody has any right to make us a slave. We cannot
make anyone our salve.
5. NO TORTURE. Nobody has any right to hurt us or to torture us.
6. YOU HAVE RIGHTS TO MATTER WHERE YOU GO. I am a person
just like you!
7. WE’RE ALL EQUAL BEFORE THE LAW. The law is the same for
everyone. It must treat us all fairly.
8. YOUR HUMAN RIGHTS ARE PROTECTED BY LAW. We can all
ask for the law to help us when we are not treated fairly.
9. NO UNFAIR DETAINMENT. Nobody has the right to put us in prison
without good reason and keep us there, or to send us away from our
country.

32. 10. THE RIGHT TO TRIAL. If we are put on trial this should be in public.
The people who try us should not let anyone tell them what to do.
11. WE’RE ALWAYS INNOCENT TILL PROVEN GUILTY. Nobody
should be blamed for doing something until it is proven. When people say
we did a bad thing we have the right to show it is not true.
12. THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY. Nobody should try to harm our good name.
Nobody has the right to come into our home, open our letters, or bother us or
our family without a good reason.
13. FREEDOM TO MOVE. We all have the right to go where we ant in our
own country and to travel as we wish.
14. THE RIGHT TO SEEK A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE. If we are frightened
of being badly treated in our own country, we all have the right to run away
to another country to be safe.
15. THE RIGHT TO SEEK A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE. If we are the right to
belong to a country.
16. MARRIAGE AND FAMILY. Every grown-up has the right to marry and
have a family if they want to. Men and women have the same rights when
they are married, and when they are separated.

33. 17. THE RIGHT TO YOUR OWN THINGS. Everyone has the right to own
things or share them. Nobody should take our things from us without a
good reason.
18. FREEDOM OF THOUGHT. We all have the right to live in what we
want to believe, to have religion, or to change it if we want.
19. FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION. We all have the right to make up own
minds, to think what we like, to say what we think, and to share our ideas
with other people.
20. THE RIGHT TO PUBLIC ASSEMBLY. We all have the right to meet
our friends and to work together in pace to defend our rights. The righto
take part in the government of our country.
21. RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GOVERNMENT. Every grown-
up should be allowed TO CHOOSE THEIR OWN LEADER.S
22. SOCIAL SECURITY. We all have the right to affordable
housing, medicine, education , and childcare, enough money to live on and
medical help if we are ill or old.
23. WORKER’S RIGHTS. Every grown-up has the right to do a job, to a fair
wage for their work, and to join a trade union.

34. 24. THE RIGHT TO PLAY. We all have the right to rest from work and to
relax.
25. FOOD AND SHELTER FOR ALL. We all have the right to a good life.
Mothers and children, people who are old, unemployed or disabled, and all
people have the right to be cared for.
26. THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION. Education is a right. Primary school
should be free. We should learn about the United Nations and how to get on
with others. Our parents can choose what we learn.
27. COPYRIGHT. Copyright is a special law that protects one’s own artistic
creations and writings; other cannot make copies without permission. We
all have the right to our own way of life and to enjoy the good things that
art, science and learning bring.
28. A FAIR AND FREE WORLD. There must be proper order so we can all
enjoy rights and freedoms in our own country and all over the world.
29. RESPONSIBILITY. We have a duty to other people, and we should
protect their rights and freedoms.
30. No one Can Take Away Your Human Rights.