Introduction

The concept of human rights, which has been developing for a very long time, and experienced its
boom after the Second World War, has brought a lot of good to the world. However, we must ask
ourselves whether human rights are increasingly becoming an instrument for achieving political
goals, even when it means a violation of international law, and even the human rights themselves,
especially due to the alleged protection of such rights of others. In particular, we can observe that
calls for human rights are increasingly a means of imposing minority attitudes to the detriment of
the majority, that the need to protect human rights is used to justify armed interventions in other
countries; unlawful arrest, detention and, torture of terrorism suspects, etc.

What are Human Rights?

Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, regardless of gender,
nationality, place of residency, sex, ethnicity, religion, color or and other
categorization. Thus, human rights are non-discriminatory, meaning that all
human beings are entitled to them and cannot be excluded from them. Of course,
while all human beings are entitled to human rights, not all human beings
experience them equally throughout the world. Many governments and
individuals ignore human rights and grossly exploit other human beings.

There are a variety of human rights, including:

 Civil rights (such as the rights to life, liberty and security),

 Political rights (like rights to the protection of the law and equality before the
law),
 Economic rights (including rights to work, to own property and to receive equal
pay),
 Social rights (like rights to education and consenting marriages),
 Cultural rights (including the right to freely participate in their cultural
community), and
 Collective rights (like the right to self-determination).

Human rights

are the basic rights and freedoms that belong to every person in the world, from birth
until death. 
They apply regardless of where you are from, what you believe or how you choose to
live your life.

They can never be taken away, although they can sometimes be restricted – for
example if a person breaks the law, or in the interests of national security.

These basic rights are based on shared values like dignity, fairness, equality, respect
and independence. 

These values are defined and protected by law.