KNOW YOUR BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS –
ROTARACTORS EMPOWERED
WHO IS A YOUTH?
A young
person especially: a young Male/ Female between adolescence and maturity
Uganda's
National Youth Policy defines youth as those aged between 18 and 30. In
contrast, the East African Community (EAC) defines youth as those between 15
and 35 years while the United Nation's definition is 15-24 years.
Participation
in the protection & promotion activities can help youths become better
informed about current events.
Human Rights
are natural entitlements that accrue to everyone by virtue of being Human.
A human
Being is a Man, Woman, Child with a sense of Reason.
30 Articles
in UDHR and the Constitution of ROU 1995 (as Amended)
Human Rights
go Hand in Hand with Human Responsibilities but ignorance of one affects the
role of the other.
The youth
can preserve human rights for generations and implant the importance and value
of fundamental rights and freedoms in people's hearts.
As youth, we
should convey the message of human rights to society.
The UDHR is adopted in 1948 December 10th a milestone document, which proclaims the inalienable rights that everyone is entitled to as a human being - regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Available in more than 500 languages, it is the most translated document in the world. In Uganda, it was 9th December 1998 that Declared HRD Day
It is absolutely clear that we need to regain the
universality of human rights, the indivisibility of human rights, and we need
to find a new energy that motivates young people around the world."
Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
The adoption
of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, human rights have become
more recognised and more guaranteed across the globe. It has since served as
the foundation for an expanding system of human rights protection that today
focuses also on vulnerable groups such as persons with disabilities, indigenous
peoples and migrants.
CATEGORIES
of RIGHTS
First
Generation Rights – Civic - Political – Liberties (Checking Excesses of the
State) -Vote– Financial Implications
Second Generation
Rights – Social Economic and Cultural Rights - Welfare (Progressive in Nature)
Financial Implications
Group Rights
– Groups for different categories (Clean Environment, Clean Water)
Pursuant to
Human Rights Council Resolution 35/14, The documented discrimination and
some of the challenges for young people in accessing civil, political, social,
economic and cultural rights.
·
the right to life and liberty,
·
freedom from slavery and
torture,
· freedom of opinion and expression,
·
the right to work and
·
the right to education,
Everyone is
entitled to these rights, without discrimination.
ARTICLE 38
CIVIC RIGHTS AND ACTIVITIES
(1) Every
Uganda citizen has the right to participate in the affairs of government,
individually or through his or her representatives in accordance with law.
RIGHTS –
Chapter 4 (Articles 20-50)
·
Rights to Life – Article 22
·
Torture (Inflicting severe
pain) -Article 24
·
Own property – Article – 26
·
Privacy – Article 27
·
Freedom of Expression – Article
29
·
Education – Article 30
·
Marriage – Article 51
Characteristics of human rights
·
·
They are inherent to all human
beings.
·
Human rights are indivisible
·
Interdependent and interrelated
·
Human rights are universal,
Article 44 – Never limited Rights
1. Torture
(Inflicting severe pain) (Article 24)
2. Fair
hearing
3. Right to
an Order of Habeas corpus
4. Right to freedom from Slavery and Servitude
However, the
promise of the UDHR, of dignity and equality in rights, has been under a
sustained assault in recent years. As the world faces challenges new and
ongoing – pandemics, conflicts, exploding inequalities, morally bankrupt global
financial system, racism, climate change – the values, and rights enshrined in
the UDHR provide guideposts for our collective actions that do not leave anyone
behind.
