I'm still hung up on this "Human rights" thing...there has never been such a thing?

Question

who invented these "Human Rights" and who protects them?

This is the leading argument for pro-amnesty people. It is thier "Human Right" to be in this country and to have a better life.

please somebody define human rights and tell me when and where they meant anything in any countries law. Just like bigfoot there never was and never will be universal Human Rights. it is a made up leftist political tactic..and a weak one at that

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Biunt ..where are you?

Answer 1

Human rights went out the window when all the illegals decided to invade America...

Answer 2

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (also UDHR) is a declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly (A/RES/217, December 10, 1948 at Palais de Chaillot, Paris), outlining the organization's view on the human rights guaranteed to all people. It was referred to by Eleanor Roosevelt as "a Magna Carta for all mankind."

“...recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world.”

The Guinness Book of Records describes the UDHR as the "Most Translated Document" in the world, translated as of 2004 into 321 languages and dialects.

So even you can read it!

"katsulover"...."HUMAN RIGHTS" ... hello... guess it needs to be translated again.

Answer 3

Human Rights would be the things that you take for granted. A clean environment. The possibility to feed yourself and your family. A legal system that protects citizens from harm and opression. The things every person needs and few parts of the world and deliver consistantly. If you honestly want to know more about Amnesty International their goals are secret. Have a look at what they do.

Answer 4

There are human rights recognized by most legal systems. So, even if there are no "universal" human rights, then at least the rights of the particular local legal system should apply.

Our own constitutional jurisprudence uses the phrase "fundamental rights" rather than "human rights", but the two phrases are generally considered equivalent under the law.

Answer 5

Right and wrong - just and unjust - rights or violations - come from God. He is the Creator and knows what benefits us or harms us. The laws of the United States are based on the teachings of the Bible.
Look there for the origins of laws and rights - universal.

Answer 6

The Crimes against Humanity program at Human Rights First acts to halt catastrophic violations of human rights currently in progress and to support international efforts to ensure that states fulfill their responsibility to protect people under their jurisdiction from gross violations of human rights. It aims to prevent the recurrence of genocide and other gross violations of human rights. Through public education and advocacy, diplomatic and political interventions, and research, Human Rights First contributes to the establishment of a system of international and national response mechanisms to realize the international community ’s obligation to stop genocide and other crimes against humanity wherever they occur. A primary area of focus of the program is currently the ‘HOPE for Darfur’ campaign, centered around our proposal that the United Nations Secretary-General appoint a high level special envoy to coordinate the peace process in Darfur and sustain international attention to the crisis. Through our work on Darfur and on other situations where crimes against humanity are occurring, HRF supports effective international action to end mass human rights violations, and to ensure that those responsible for those violations are brought to justice.
Prevention & Protection
Justice & Accountability
Prevention and Protection

In the last 25 years, in places like Cambodia, Uganda, and Rwanda, the international community has repeatedly failed to take appropriate actions to stop massive human rights violations, including genocide. The Crimes against Humanity program works to create a world in which governments and intergovernmental bodies will be able to prevent such situations from occurring, or to promptly and effectively intervene to halt them when they do occur. In recent years, a number of steps have been taken by the international community towards these objectives, including the recognition by the member states of the United Nations in September 2005 of the principle of ‘Responsibility to Protect’; the appointment in July 2004 of a U.N. Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide; and the establishment in May 2006 of a U.N. Advisory Committee on Genocide Prevention. For more on these initiatives and on HRF’s work in support of them, click on the links below.
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U.N. Advisor and Committee on Genocide Prevention

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Over the past decade, HRF ’s International Justice program has made substantial contributions to the establishment of international tribunals and courts with jurisdiction over war crimes, and crimes against humanity, including genocide. We played a key role in the creation of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and assisted a number of states parties with the process of implementing the provisions of the statute of the court (the Rome Statute) in their national legal systems. The Crimes against Humanity program builds on these past contributions through our continued engagement with the ICC and other international courts, and through our efforts to ensure that courts are able to conduct successful investigations and prosecutions in the various cases they undertake. By promoting an integrated and effective international justice system, capable of providing justice and accountability for genocide and other crimes against humanity, HRF works to combat impunity and thus deter the occurrence of such egregious human rights violations in the future.
International & Other Criminal Courts

International Criminal Court (ICC)

International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

Iraqi High Criminal Court

Special Court for Sierra Leone

Universal Jurisdiction

Remedies in U.S. Courts: the Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA) & Torture Victim Protection Act (TVPA)



Doesnt have much to do with illigels does it

Answer 7

HY HONS GAY PARTNERS STEEVIE AND DAVIIE HONS SO YOU NOTICED YOUR HUNG HOW NICE HONS, SAME GOES HERE TOO, AND YES IF YOU NOTICEDDD YOUR HUNG HONS YES THERE IS SUCH A THING GLASD YOU NOTICEDD THIS HONS KOOL!!

Answer 8

There has