TEAM PROJECT OUTCOME AND EXPLAINATION.

TOPIC: HUMAN RIGHTS

ISSUE: THE POOR POPULATION ISN'T AWARE ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS.

EXPLAINATION:

The aim for our team project was to promote human rights and spread awareness about human rights to the locals and others in the community.To spread our message of Human Rights to different people (especially with lower incomes and wages) so that they understand about what is correct and incorrect. Firstly, we collected information about human rights (through the internet and the surveys) and we found out that the citizens of the country do need some basic knowledge upon Human Rights.

So, we created a blog and started posting some information on HUMAN RIGHTS for those who can afford internet or can read our articles and spread this message to others. Soon it struck us what about the people who can’t afford internet and devices, they won’t be able to know about the Human Rights and moreover wont be able to understand it due to the language barriers. thus, we came up with idea to distribute leaflets to the school supporting and cleaning staff to spread awareness moreover we translated the document from English to Hindi which is the most understood language in our community. We even took their viewpoint and used it in our outcome which is a blog, in addition to that we even took perspective of different people of different cultures by taking their surveys and contacting them via email and WhatsApp.

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CASE STUDIES

Right to respect for private and family life (Article 8, ECHR)

A young man called Graham Gaskin was very badly treated in care for many years. He wanted to read his social services files, which were kept by Liverpool City Council. The Council refused to let him see all his files. Graham Gaskin went through the courts in the UK to try and force the Council to let him see his files, but the courts agreed with the Council. So he took his complaint to the European Court of Human Rights.

The European Court of Human Rights said the Council had breached Graham Gaskin’s rights. The Court agreed he needed to see his social services files in order to try and make sense of his childhood and his treatment in care. As a result of Graham Gaskin’s complaint, which was decided by the European Court in 1989, it is now much easier for people in care or in contact with social services to see information that is written about them. Councils must now keep files concerning children in care for 75 years.

Freedom of thought, conscience and religion (Article 9, ECHR)

In 2004, a 16 year -old girl called Shabina Begum complained to the UK courts about her school’s uniform rules. Her older brother helped her work with a lawyer to bring her case. Shabina’s lawyer said that her human rights had been breached because the school would not let her wear a jilbab, which she considered necessary to wear because of her religion. The UK Court of Appeal agreed Shabina’s rights had been breached, but then the case went to the House of Lords, which disagreed and said that her rights had not been breached.

Even though Shabina lost her final court case, there was a lot of discussion about school uniforms in the newspapers and on TV. The Government wrote new rules for schools emphasising that students and parents must be asked their views when uniform rules are being made.

Right to a fair trial (Article 6, ECHR)

In 1999, two boys complained to the European Court of Human Rights that their rights under the ECHR had been breached. They had been put on trial in court for killing a two year-old, and were just 10 years old when they committed the murder. The boys' lawyers said that they had not had a fair trial because their case was dealt with in an adult court. There were a number of journalists present, which made the boys confused and frightened.

Judges in the European Court of Human Rights agreed that the boys' right to a fair trial had been breached. The judgment said the UK Government should make changes to protect the rights of other children and young people appearing in court in future. A lot of changes were made, though many human rights organisations and campaigners are still concerned about how children who commit crimes in the UK are treated.

Prohibition of torture (Article 3, European Convention on Human Rights)

In 2007, the families of two boys who had died in custody, during or after being restrained, complained to the UK courts about a new law which allowed staff to use physical force a lot more often on children in some prisons (called Secure Training Centres). The lawyers said that the new law breached the boys right to prohibition of torture. The UK Court of Appeal agreed and said that the new law was in direct conflict with human rights law. This meant that the new law was revoked.

Right to respect for private and family life (Article 8, European Convention on Human Rights)

Two children and an adult got help from lawyers to complain about the police. They had been stopped and searched by the police while at a protest in Kent about protecting the environment. The children were told that they were being searched for items because they were going to the protest. They were frightened by the experience. They complained to the UK courts, but before the case finished the police agreed they had breached the children’s rights. A settlement was agreed and each child received compensation of £1,125 and a personal apology from the police. A letter was also sent to every UK police force explaining why 'stop and searches' that are carried out disproportionately are against the law and what should be done differently in future.

Note: These case studies are from the Children’s Right Alliance. For more on children’s rights, visit the CRAE website. 

Hindi translation of declaration of Human Rights

1. समानता के लिए उपयुक्त
 2.भेदभाव से आजादी
3 जीवन, स्वतंत्रता और व्यक्तिगत सुरक्षा अधिकार
4 गुलामी से मुक्ति
5 यातना और अपमानजनक उपचार से मुक्ति।
6 कानून से पहले एक व्यक्ति के रूप में मान्यता का अधिकार।
7 कानून के समक्ष समानता का अधिकार
8 सक्षम न्यायाधिकरण द्वारा उपाय करने का अधिकार
9 मनमानी गिरफ्तारी और निर्वासन से मुक्ति
10 निष्पक्ष जन सुनवाई का अधिकार
11 दोषी साबित होने तक निर्दोष माना जाता है
12 निजता, परिवार, घर और पत्राचार के हस्तक्षेप से स्वतंत्रता
13 देश में और बाहर मुक्त आंदोलन का अधिकार
14 उत्पीड़न से अन्य देशों में शरण का अधिकार
15 एक राष्ट्रीयता और इसे बदलने की स्वतंत्रता का अधिकार।
16 शादी और परिवार का अधिकार
17 खुद की संपत्ति का अधिकार
18 विश्वास और धर्म की स्वतंत्रता
19 राय और जानकारी की स्वतंत्रता
20 शांतिपूर्ण विधानसभा और संघ का अधिकार
21 सरकार और स्वतंत्र चुनावों में भाग लेने का अधिकार
22 सामाजिक सुरक्षा का अधिकार
23 वांछनीय काम करने और ट्रेड यूनियनों में शामिल होने का अधिकार
24 विश्राम और अवकाश का अधिकार
25 पर्याप्त जीवन स्तर का अधिकार
26शिक्षा का अधिकार
27 समुदाय के सांस्कृतिक जीवन में भाग लेने का अधिकार
28 उपरोक्त अधिकारों में राज्य या व्यक्तिगत हस्तक्षेप से स्वतंत्रता।
29 एक सामाजिक व्यवस्था का अधिकार जो इस दस्तावेज़ को स्पष्ट करता है
30 मुक्त और पूर्ण विकास के लिए आवश्यक 28 सामुदायिक कर्तव्य

English translation of declaration of Human Rights

1 Right to Equality
2 Freedom from Discrimination
3 Life, Liberty and Personal Security rights
4 Freedom from Slavery
5 Freedom from Torture and Degrading Treatment
6 Right to Recognition as a Person before the Law
7 Right to Equality before the Law
 8 Right to Remedy by Competent Tribunal
9 Freedom from Arbitrary Arrest and Exile
10 Right to Fair Public Hearing
11 Right to be Considered Innocent until Proven Guilty
12 Freedom from Interference with Privacy, Family, Home and Correspondence
13 Right to Free Movement in and out of the Country
14 Right to Asylum in other Countries from Persecution
15 Right to a Nationality and the Freedom to Change It
16 Right to Marriage and Family
17 Right to Own Property
18 Freedom of Belief and Religion
19 Freedom of Opinion and Information
20 Right of Peaceful Assembly and Association
21 Right to Participate in Government and in Free Elections
22 Right to Social Security
23 Right to Desirable Work and to Join Trade Unions
24 Right to Rest and Leisure
25 Right to Adequate Living Standard
26 Right to Education
27 Right to Participate in the Cultural Life of Community
28 Right to a Social Order that Articulates this Document
29 Community Duties Essential to Free and Full Development
30 Freedom from State or Personal Interference in the above Rights

“human Rights, and Labor champions American values, including the rule of law and individual rights, that promote strong, stable, prosperous, and sovereign states. We advance American security in the struggle against authoritarianism and terrorism when we stand for the freedoms of religion, speech, and the press, and the rights of people to assemble peaceably and to petition their government for a redress of grievances. 

A few examples of cultural rights include:

1. Forcibly evicting people from their homes (the right to adequate housing)

2. Contaminating water, for example, with waste from State-owned facilities 

3. Failure to ensure a minimum wage sufficient for a decent living 

4. Failure to prevent starvation in all areas and communities in the country 

5. Denying access to information and services related to health (the right to health)

6. Systematically segregating children with disabilities from mainstream schools (the right to education)

7. Failure to prevent employers from discriminating in recruitment 

8. Failure to prohibit public and private entities from destroying or contaminating food and its source, such as arable land and water (the right to food)

9. Failure to provide for a reasonable limitation of working hours in the public and private sector (rights at work)

10. Banning the use of minority or indigenous languages (the right to participate in cultural life)

11. Denying social assistance to people because of their status .(the right to social security)

12. Failure to ensure maternity leave for working mothers (protection of and assistance to the family).”

~USA

“India is a pluralistic and multi-cultural society where many faiths and belief systems regulate the life of individuals. In this part of the globe many religious traditions, both indigenous and foreign, have been established over the years. We have Buddhism, Sikhism, Bhakti cult, Sufi tradition as well as Islam and Christianity. Many religious gurus, law-givers, social reformers and statesmen have come to guide and influence the life and culture of Indians. 

The struggle for human rights essentially reflects the concerns and requirements of modern human being whereas the cultural values operated in a traditional context where many of the agencies which at present account for the violation of human rights norms were not known. Since human rights are basically a problem between authority and the individual it is essential to examine the Indian understanding of the origin of authority and the human rights.”

~INDIA

“In the South African culture, whether or not you know what your responsibilities are is irrelevant.

You cannot, and you will not be allowed to do whatever you want, whenever you want. You may not want to go to institution, but if your father wants you to go, you will go. No one is going to consider your rights; you won’t even raise them. You will just have to go. So what I can say is that rights are not considered or respected in our culture. A young person cannot tell an older person that what they are doing is wrong. It is a restriction, because the word of a senior is final.

In treating people as individuals, human rights do not connect the individual to family and community. People didn’t recognize human rights because they viewed customary law as the exclusive system that control cultural practices. They considered the Constitution a bad fit for their cultural practices because it introduced and measured elements of privacy, harm and choice that did not play a role in their practices and in their lived realities. The women’s right is to wake up and heat water for your husband and your in-laws, especially your mother-in-law.”

~SOUTH AFRICA 

"There are two main streams of human rights policy and action within the European Union. One is to protect the fundamental human rights for EU citizens, and the other is to promote human rights worldwide.

The European Union is based on a strong commitment to promoting and protecting human rights, democracy and the rule of law worldwide. Human rights are at the heart of EU relations with other countries and regions.

EU policy includes:

• promoting the rights of women, children, minorities and displaced persons
• opposing the death penalty, torture, human trafficking and discrimination
• defending civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights
• defending human rights through active partnership with partner countries, international and regional organisations, and groups and associations at all levels of society
• inclusion of human rights clauses in all agreements on trade or cooperation with non-EU countries."

~Europe

Draft Plan for The Rally on Human Rights

Aim : Is to spread awareness to people ( community) on human rights.

What is the importance of Human Rights ?

Human rights reflect the minimum standards necessary for people to live with dignity. Human rights give people the freedom to choose how they live, how they express themselves, and what kind of government they want to support, among many other things. Human rights also guarantee people the means necessary to satisfy their basic needs, such as food, housing, and education, so they can take full advantage of all opportunities. Finally, by guaranteeing life, liberty, equality, and security, human rights protect people against abuse by those who are more powerful.

How are we going to spread awareness?

We are going to spread awareness by a platform of spreading various leaflets in common local language so that a common man can understand it by breaking the language barriers. We will distribute the leaflets of the declaration of Human Rights to the school cleaning/supporting staff who don’t understand English to start on with a small initiative. 

Why are we spreading awareness?

We are spreading awareness due to some of the results that we have obtained from our survey of Human rights. Our respondents Believe that the community is not aware about the human rights which is important,thus we thought of starting this initiative. But this medium we are able to contact the common man but breaking the language barriers,  moreover his helps the  underprivileged understand and use the human rights in real life situations and circumstances.