BASIC CONCEPTS

& PRINCIPLES OF

HUMAN

RIGHTS

By: ATTY. JARLEY D. SULAY-TRUGILLO

HUMAN RIGHTS, in retrospect

US Independence 1776

French Revolution 1789

Declaration of the Rights of Man and

Citizen - France 1789

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

10 December 1948

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

(ICESCR) 1966

US Declaration of Independence 1776

CYRUS CYLINDER considered as the first charter of Human Rights. 539 B.C. Cyrus the Great declared freedom for the slaves

Human Rights in the Philippines

Comprehensive Agreement on the Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law

(CARHRIHL)

The Malolos Constitution after the

success of the Filipinos in the war for

Independence against the 333 years

of Spanish colonialization

1896

Republika ng Katagalugan Andres Bonifacio

HUMAN RIGHTS is a congregate of

rights of every person regardless of sex,

gender, race, color or religion which

exist at the time of birth and even

conception. Every person is special

because of his/her human rights.

Every person has dignity, hence, a different creature than the animals. A person has right to life and live, freedom and

liberty, to food and not to be hungry, security and safety,

belief and religion, assembly and expression, free from

poverty and destitution.

Basic Concept of

Human Right

THE BASIC RIGHTS

1. Right to LIFE and to LIVE

2. Right to DIGNITY and EXISTENCE

3. Right to DEVELOP as a person

THREE IMPORTANT

RIGHTS OF A PERSON: LDD

Basic PRINCIPLES on

HUMAN RIGHTS

UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS

COMPREHENSIVE HUMAN RIGHTS

- vs

Universal Declaration

Of Human Rights 1948

COMPREHENSIVE

HUMAN RIGHTS

UNIVERSAL

HUMAN RIGHTS

UNIVERSALITY OF

HUMAN RIGHTS

BASIC PRINCIPLES of Universality

Inherent

Imprescriptible

Inalienable

Universal

IIIU

BASES OF UNIVERSALITY:

a.Absolute similarity and equality

b.Structures and systems

c.Formal requisites and civil obligations

d. Contracts business interest e. Individualism

UNIVERSALITY OF

HUMAN RIGHTS

FSCAl

COMPREHENSIVE

HUMAN RIGHTS

BASES and PRINCIPLES of

COMPREHENSIVENESS:

a. Liberty

b. all-inclusive equality rather than absolute

c. Equity and justice

d. All-embracing the socio-economic-civil-political-cultural

right of persons and communities

LAEA

BILL OF RIGHTS

A fundamental guarantee of individual liberty

A declaration of individual rights and freedoms usually issued by a national

government.

A list of fundamental rights included in each state constitution.

Source: http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Bill+of+rights

BILL OF RIGHTS

English Bill of Rights, passed in 1689, which was

created after the Glorious Revolution of 1688.

Nearly a century later, seven of the 13 states of the newly independent United States of America

adopted a bill of rights.

In 1789 the Constituent Assembly of France passed the Declaration of the Rights of Man, a

document that stated the philosophical principles

of the French Revolution.

Canada adopted the Act for the Recognition and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental

Freedoms in 1960.

Philippine

BILL OF RIGHTS

Establishes the relationship of the individuals to the state.

Defines the rights of the individual by limiting the powers of the state.

This concept has placed a high value on the individual in relation to the state.

In Phil. History, rights became a matter of grant of ruler rather than of the ruled.

Source: http://www.jstor.org

American Period

Marcos Dictatorship

Spanish Period

- encomienda system

- polo system

- frailocracy

- anti-Katipunan policies

- Martial Law

- Both president and

Prime Minister

-Anti Sedition 1901

-Anti Brigandage 1902

-scorched earth policy

-internment camps

-Phil. Bill of 1902

EPFA

AASIP