Hidden Story Channel

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. 。

The concept which guarantees these rights in human rights.

What are the definition, the issues, and the solutions to Human Rights?

Explanation of the definition of human rights and the corresponding bodies of the United Nations.

Human Rights

Human rights are inherent to all people regardless of their background.

The protection of human rights is the best tool to deter human rights violations.

In the United Nations, the approach to the protection of human rights is defined as important for sustainable peace as follows.

Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, regardless of race, sex, nationality, ethnicity, language, religion, or any other status. Human rights include the right to life and liberty, freedom from slavery and torture, freedom of opinion and expression, the right to work and education, and many more.

Everyone is entitled to these rights, without discrimination.
Reference source “Human Rights｜United Nations”

Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights

The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) declares that all human beings are entitled to economic, social, and cultural rights.

All people have the right to self-determination, to freely determine their political status and to freely pursue their economic, social, and cultural development.

All peoples may, for their own ends, freely dispose of their natural wealth and resource.

In no case may a people be deprived of its own means of subsistence.

Recognizing that, in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the ideal of free human beings enjoying freedom from fear and want can only be achieved if conditions are created whereby everyone may enjoy his economic, social and cultural rights, as well as his civil and political rights.

reference source “International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights｜OHCHR”

Civil and Political Rights

The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) declares thatall human beings have civil and political rights.

It states that all people have the right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion, as well as the right to universal respect for and observance of freedom.

In accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it is recognized that the ideal of free people who enjoy civil and political freedom and freedom from fear can be achieved only if conditions for everyone to enjoy their own economic, social, cultural, and civil rights are created.
Individuals, who have duties to other individuals and their communities where they belong, recognize they have a responsibility to seek to promote and observe the rights authorized by the current covenant, as their own social and cultural rights, in consideration of national duties under the United Nations Charter to promote universal respect and observance of human rights and freedom.
reference source “International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights｜OHCHR”

Human Rights Issues

Examples of human rights issues include the following.

• Human trafficking
• Refugee crisis
• Workers’ rights
• Equality between men and women
• LGBTQ + rights

To define these human rights issues, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has been defined at the United Nations.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

When defining issues related to human rights, a review of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is needed.

The “Universal Declaration of Human Rights” is a document that was proclaimed in 1948.

It states that all human beings are equally entitled to all rights and freedoms without distinction of race, sex, language, or any other kind.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a milestone document in the history of human rights. Drafted by representatives with different legal and cultural backgrounds from all regions of the world, the Declaration was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948 (General Assembly resolution 217 A) as a common standard of achievements for all peoples and all nations. It sets out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected and it has been translated into over 500 languages. The UDHR is widely recognized as having inspired, and paved the way for, the adoption of more than seventy human rights treaties, applied today on a permanent basis at global and regional levels (all containing references to it in their preambles).

reference source:”Universal Declaration of Human Rights｜United Nations”

Human Rights Treaties

Times change, so do the demands on human rights.

A series of international human rights treaties and other instruments since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has expanded the body of international human rights law.

Specifically, these include the following

• Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Suicide.
• International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.

Solutions to Human Rights Issues and Response Organizations .

In order to protect all human rights against the human rights issues erupting all over the world, a response organization has been established in the United Nations.

It is mandated to take preventive measures against serious human rights violations.

Human Rights Council

The Human Rights Council was established by the General Assembly in 2006.

It is an organization which takes the place of the conventional United Nations’ Human Rights Commission, copes with human rights infringement, and responds to human rights emergencies.

The Human Rights Council undertakes the missions of promotion and protection of human rights across the world.

The Human Rights Council, established on 15 March 2006 by the General Assembly and reporting directly to it, replaced the 60-year-old UN Commission on Human Rights as the key UN intergovernmental body responsible for human rights.

The Council is made up of 47 State representatives and is tasked with strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights around the globe by addressing situations of human rights violations and making recommendations on them, including responding to human rights emergencies.
reference source:”Human Rights ｜United Nations”

Universal Periodic Review

The Universal Periodic Review is an innovative feature of the Human Rights Council.。

It is a mechanism to examine the reviews of the human rights records of all 193 UN member states quadrennially.

This mechanism takes measures for each member states to fulfill its duties by reviewing and improving its own human rights conditions, so that an opportunity is created to tackle relevant problems to be improved.

These reviews establish the universality and equality of all countries.

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

The organization which implements key responsibilities for UN human rights activities is the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR).

Supervisory organizations exist for most core human rights treaties, and are responsible to consider the implementation of each treaty by ratifying countries.

An individual, whose rights are infringed, can directly complain to the advisory committee for human rights treaties.

Most of the core human rights treaties have an oversight body which is responsible for reviewing the implementation of that treaty by the countries that have ratified it. Individuals, whose rights have been violated can file complaints directly to Committees overseeing human rights treaties.
reference source: “Human Rights ｜United Nations”

UN Systems in Connection with Human Rights

Human rights are a cross-sectional subject in connection with all UN policies and programs.

In fact, all United Nations organizations and specialized agencies are involved in the protection of human rights, and function to protect all human rights.

Human rights is a cross-cutting theme in all UN policies and programmes in the key areas of peace and security, development, humanitarian assistance, and economic and social affairs.

As a result, virtually every UN body and specialized agency is involved to some degree in the protection of human rights. Some examples are the right to development, which is at the core of the Sustainable Development Goals; the right to food, championed by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, labour rights, defined and protected by the International Labour Organization, gender equality, which is promulgated by UN Women, the rights of children, indigenous peoples, and disabled persons.
reference source: “Human Rights ｜United Nations”

Human Rights Day

Human Rights Day is annually celebrated on December 10.

This event is held to assert that all people have rights as human beings, as well as to promote human rights.

This event, available in more than 500 languages, creates an opportunity for people all over the world to take account of human rights.

Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December — the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).

The UDHR is 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.
reference source:”Human Rights Day 10 December ｜United Nations”

Human rights are held by everyone

Although the concept of human rights is not new, its meaning is continually changing with the changes of the times。

To define problems in connection with human rights, the UN defines the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, human rights treaties, or the like

The UN has established organizations such as the Human Rights Council, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, or the like, to solve human rights problems.
Not only these organizations but all UN organizations function to protect human rights across the world.