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==Human Rights== | ==Human Rights== | ||
Human rights are moral principles that describe certain standards of human behavior, and are regularly protected as legal rights in municipal and international law. They 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" regardless of their nation, location, language, religion, ethnic origin or any other status. They are applicable everywhere and at every time in the sense of being universal,and they are egalitarian in the sense of being the same for everyone. They require empathy and the rule of law and impose an obligation on persons to respect the human rights of others.They should not be taken away except as a result of due process based on specific circumstances; for example, human rights may include freedom from enslavement, genocide, unlawful imprisonment, torture, and execution.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights Human Rights]</ref> | Human rights are moral principles that describe certain standards of human behavior, and are regularly protected as legal rights in municipal and international law. They 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" regardless of their nation, location, language, religion, ethnic origin or any other status. They are applicable everywhere and at every time in the sense of being universal,and they are egalitarian in the sense of being the same for everyone. They require empathy and the rule of law and impose an obligation on persons to respect the human rights of others.They should not be taken away except as a result of due process based on specific circumstances; for example, human rights may include freedom from enslavement, genocide, unlawful imprisonment, torture, and execution.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights Human Rights]</ref> | ||
==United Nations Charter== | |||
The Preamble to the treaty reads as follows: | |||
We the peoples of the United Nations determined, | |||
* to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and | |||
* to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, and | |||
* to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and | |||
* to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom, | |||
* And for these ends | |||
* to practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbours, and | |||
* to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security, and | |||
* to ensure, by the acceptance of principles and the institution of methods, that armed force shall not be used, save in the common interest, and | |||
* to employ international machinery for the promotion of the economic and social advancement of all peoples, | |||
* Have resolved to combine our efforts to accomplish these aims | |||