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    3. What are human rights?

    Human rights are commonly understood as being those rights which are
    inherent to the human being. The concept of human rights acknowledges
    that every single human being is entitled to enjoy his or her human rights
    without distinction as to race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other
    opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.
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    Human rights are legally guaranteed by human rights law, protecting individuals
    and groups against actions which interfere with fundamental freedoms and
    human dignity. They are expressed in treaties, customary international law,
    bodies of principles and other sources of law. Human rights law places an
    obligation on States to act in a particular way and prohibits States from engaging in specified activities.
    However, the law does not establish human rights.
    Human rights are inherent entitlements which come to every person as a consequence of being human.
    Treaties and other sources of law generally serve
    to protect formally the rights of individuals and groups against actions or abandonment of actions by
    Governments which interfere with the enjoyment of
    their human rights.
    The following are some of the most important characteristics of human
    rights:
    v human rights are founded on respect for the dignity and worth of each
    person;
    v human rights are universal, meaning that they are applied equally and
    without discrimination to all people;
    v human rights are inalienable, in that no one can have his or her human
    rights taken away other than in specific situations – for example, the right
    to liberty can be restricted if a person is found guilty of a crime by a court
    of law;
    v human rights are indivisible, interrelated and interdependent, for the
    reason that it is insufficient to respect some human rights and not others.
    In practice, the violation of one right will often affect the respect of several other rights. All human rights
    should therefore be seen as having
    equal importance and of being equally essential to respect for the dignity
    and worth of every person.
    4. International Human Rights Law
    The formal expression of inherent human rights is through international human
    rights law. A series of international human rights treaties and other instruments have emerged since 1945
    conferring legal form on inherent human
    rights. The creation of the United Nations provided an ideal forum for the
    development and adoption of international human rights instruments. Other
    instruments have been adopted at a regional level reflecting the particular
    human rights concerns of the region. Most States have also adopted constitutions and other laws which
    formally protect basic human rights. Often the
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    language used by States is drawn directly from the international human rights
    instruments.
    International human rights law consists mainly of treaties and customs as well
    as, inter alia, declarations, guidelines and principles.

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