how do you define human rights?

Question

what affect does human rights act have on social policy

Answer 1

HUman Rights, the right to live where you won't get beat up and live the way you should in accordance to the law of the land and the law of God. if you are going to attach human rights to the social percentage it will be difficult, because by default our society judge, in short making our living the human rights thing void because whatever you do you will be critisized, so HUman rights does not apply as a whole but more of in an individual manner.

Answer 2

Not sure if this covers it, but I reckon that anything to do with humans that has "act" or "policy" written on it is bound to be complex, flawed, contentious and rarely understood by the very folk it is designed to aid. It would also be difficult to enforce because by definition an act & policy is meant to be all encompassing. I'll give this the dumb-downed viewpoint then: my right as a human is that I should be able to believe and participate in whatever I wish PROVIDED that in doing so I do not impose these views and actions on a fellow human being resulting in offense or harm in any way. Oversimplified perhaps, but as a building block, perhaps a good place to start.

Answer 3

human rights affect every aspect of life not just social policy.

everyone has the right to absolutely loads of things but they also have a right/responsibility to respect other peoples rights. ....
to be honest and I work in the Social Care Field I think most of it is a load of hogwash... human rights act is supposed to being redrawn up on certain aspects of it because it has left lots of loopholes for those that are basically on the wrong side of the law.

Answer 4

where do i start? Look at the Human Rights Act 1998 and the European Conventions.

Answer 5

Civil Right laws:

1. No rioting on the street but settle disputes in Court

2. Citizens give 110% knowing that their contribution counts

Answer 6

The right to live your life as an individual while respecting the laws of the land.

Answer 7

you have as many rights as the lawyer you can afford..

denied shelter and housing and correct, necessary social services fro years due to wrong not so easy disabilities and no legal assist.
despite ALL THE LAWS- IF NO ONE TO UPHOLD THEM THEY ARE BUT A JOKE BOOK.
ada/405 title II,III and unruh(California) violations all happen all the time for the poorest of us.
most poor legal either un trained un willing or not funded to do individual advocacy.. so the "act" never happens.

Answer 8

Economic migrants, refugees, mad clerics , rapists and murderers must NOT have their human rights attacked in ANY way!!

Working class, law abiding tax paying native british people, must have their human rights ABUSED whenever the govt see fit.

Answer 9

our rights to respect, dignity and pride. pretty simple thing rights are, they get awfully compilcated though in policies etc..