Characteristics of Human Rights

Human rights are a group of basic and inalienable rights, recognized by the United Nations in favor of every human being.

It was an initiative that emerged after the creation of the United Nations, just after the Second World War. Their discussion and agreements lasted until 1948.

They are inspired by the "Charter of the Rights of Man and the Citizen", drawn up in France after the end of the Revolution of 1789. In the case of human rights, the intention was that these rights be recognized for any human being in any part of the world, and that its recognition is independent of the political, social or economic regime of the Nation to which it is belong.

On December 10, 1948, the United Nations General Assembly approved by a large majority the document resulting from these discussions, and it was called the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Characteristic aspects of human rights:

Human rights are the proper rights of every human being, regardless of age, sex, social or economic condition; political, social or economic regime of the state in which you live.

Another aspect of human rights is that they are not waivable. They are also not transferable nor can they be unknown by states or authorities.

These rights are universal. They are valid for all human beings, anywhere in the world, regardless of whether the State in which they live has recognized them or not.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is not a mandatory or binding document; However, the signatory States, in respect of their sovereignty, undertake to establish a social order and international where the rights and freedoms proclaimed in this Declaration are fully realized effective.

Although they are not binding, their violation can be claimed before national or international bodies specialized in the defense of human rights.

The signatory countries are committed to abide by or heed the recommendations of international protection organizations.

They have the characteristic that they are Irreversible and progressive. Irreversible means that if any right has been granted as part of the Human Rights framework, this right can no longer be ignored. Progressive means that by adding new rights or new international rights instruments (such as the Declaration of the Rights of the Child) become part of the instruments for the protection of Rights Humans.

In addition, many countries have incorporated the Universal Declaration of Human Rights into their constitutions, making its observance mandatory in their territory. This is the case, for example, in the Constitutions of Spain, Argentina or Mexico.