States and other duty-bearers must comply with the legal norms and standards enshrined in human rights instruments. All human beings are entitled to their human rights without discrimination of any kind, such as race, color, sex, ethnicity, age, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, disability, property, birth or other status as explained by the human rights treaty bodies.Įvery person and all peoples are entitled to active, free and meaningful participation in, contribution to, and enjoyment of civil, political, economic, social and cultural development, through which human rights and fundamental freedoms can be realized. For instance, the realization of the right to health may depend on the realization of the right to education or of the right to information.Īll individuals are equal as human beings and by virtue of the inherent dignity of each human person. The realization of one right often depends, wholly or in part, upon the realization of others.

There is no such thing as a 'small' right. Consequently, they all have equal status as rights. Whether civil, political, economic, social or cultural in nature, they are all inherent to the dignity of every human person. Nor can others take them away from him or her. All people everywhere in the world are entitled to them. Human rights are universal and inalienable. No government, group or individual person has the right to do anything that violates another’s rights. Individuals also have responsibilities: in using their human rights, they must respect the rights of others.

Human rights law obliges governments to do some things, and prevents them from doing others. Human rights govern how individual human beings live in society and with each other, as well as their relationship with the State and the obligations that the State have towards them. Human rights are standards that recognize and protect the dignity of all human beings.

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