Importance Of Human Rights In Pakistan

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Introduction to human rights:
Human rights are those moral values or norms that explain certain principles of human behavior, and are commonly protected as legal rights in municipal and international law. They are generally understood as absolute basic "to which a person is essentially allowed simply because he or she is a human being and which are "inherent in all human beings despite of their state, locality, language, creed, cultural origin or any other category. They are valid universally and at every time in the sense of being universal and they are egalitarian in the sense of being the same for everybody. They require empathy and the rule of law and oblige a responsibility on people to respect the human rights of others. They must not …show more content…

It examines human rights issues without unfairness and from various perspectives through a variety of educational practices.
It helps to develop the communication skills and informed significant thinking necessary to a democracy. It provides multicultural and chronological perspectives on the worldwide effort for integrity and dignity.
Human right education engages the heart and mind. It challenges students to ask what human rights mean to them in person and encourages them to explain caring into informed, peaceful action.

Current state of human right education in …show more content…

This is why human rights education at the university level is so important.
Surprisingly, in Pakistan, where the need for specific human rights education is of utmost importance , there seems to be no initiative being taken at government or private levels to start human rights education at the university level.
The mandate for human rights education is unequivocal: you have a human right to know your rights. The Preamble to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) exhorts "every individual and every organ of society" to "strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms." Article 30 of the UDHR declares that one goal of education should be "the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms." According to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), a government "may not stand in the way of people's learning about [their

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