03/09/2024
Human rights.
Human rights can be defined as:
a) Those rights which are inherent in our nature and without which we can not live as human beings.
b) natural rights. It is reagued that they belong to people just because they are human beings. You just have to be human being to have them. People are entitled to them regardless of where ever they live in the world or regardless their positions in society. It does not matter what a person's race, s*x, age, class, language, beliefs, culture or religion is or how much money or educated a person has, we all have the same human rights.
c) entitlement from birth. These are rights and freedoms every body has from birth, simply because they are human beings.
Quotations from universal declaration for human rights.
Article 1: all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
Article 3: every one has a right to life, liberty and security of persons. This involves freedom to choose, and free living. No person shall be deprived of personal liberty.
Article 4: no one shall be held in slavery or servitude, slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.
Article 5: no one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading, treatment or punishment. This includes treatment and rites that degrade human beings.
Article 12: no person shall be subjected to the search of his personal property or the entry of others into his premises. Apart from the police and immigration officers conduct the search.
Article 17: everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others. No one shall be arbitrary deprived of his property.
Artical 18. Every person has a right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.wen it is a breach of peace
Artical 19: no person shall be deprived of the freedom of expression.
Artical 20. People should not be deprived of the freedom of assembly and association. When it is a threat to public peace.
Part lll of Zambian constitution contains the human rights that will be protected in Zambia by the constitution.
Artical 11: fundamental rights of freedom.
1. Right to life.
2. Freedom of conscience.
3. Freedom of assembly.
4. Freedom of expression.
5. Right to protection from exploitation.
6.right to secure protection of the law.
7. Right to movement and association.