3 Types of Human Rights

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  • 3 TYPES of Human rights
    • 1). CIVIL & POLITICAL RIGHTS
      • EARLIEST FORM of HR
        • ADVANCED through AMERICAN/FRENCH REVOLUTIONS
      • RIGHTS to: LIFE, LIBERTY & PROPERTY & FREEDOMS FROM: discrimination, slavery & torture
        • NEGATIVE RIGHTS
      • Although they are NOT supposed to INTERFER WITH THE STATE, these rights are UPHELD through LEGISLATION & GOVT ENFORCEMENT
      • DISTINCTION between CIVIL RIGHTS & CIVIL LIBERTIES
        • RIGHT to a FREE TRIAL requires POLICE & COURT SYSTEMS
    • 2). ECONOMIC, SOCIAL & CULTURAL RIGHTS
      • Greater PROMINENCE during the 20th CENTURY- POST WW2
      • 'SECOND-GENERATION' RIGHTS
      • DIFFER from traditional LIBERAL rights.
      • More SOCIALIST about CAPITALISM- SOCIAL INJUSTICE & UNEQUAL CLASS POWER
      • RIGHTS to: SOCIAL SECURITY, WORK, PAID HOLIDAYS, HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION ETC
        • More SOCIALIST about CAPITALISM- SOCIAL INJUSTICE & UNEQUAL CLASS POWER
        • Designed to COUNTER-BALANCE INEQUALITIES of MARKET CAPITALISM
          • PROTECTING WORKING CLASSSES & COLONIAL peoples from EXPLOITATION
        • Known as POSITIVE RIGHTS
          • They imply a level of STATE INTERVENTION-WELFARE PROVISION/LABOUR MARKET/ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
            • Viewed as ASPIRATIONS rather than ENTITLEMENTS
              • GOVTS may LACK RESOURCES or CAPABALITIES- puts burden on INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION
    • 3). SOLIDARITY RIGHTS
      • Emerged since 1945
      • THIRD GENERATION RIGHTS
      • ATTACHED to SOCIAL GROUPS or SOCIETY  as a whole, rather than INDIVIDUALS
        • Makes them COLLECTIVE RIGHTS
          • SHAPED by GLOBAL SOUTH
      • RIGHTS to: DEVELOPMENT/PEACE/ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION/MULTICULTURAL RIGHTS
        • Used for MORAL PURPOSES
      • HOWEVER, they are VAGUE & do they belong to groups?
        • This may lead to WEAKENING INDIVIDUAL SELF-WORTH

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