COMMUNITY

ENGAGEMENT,
SOLIDARITY
AND
CITIZENSHIP
HUMAN
RIGHT
HUMAN RIGHT
According to the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), it is defined as “the
rights inherent to all human beings whatever our nationality,
place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, color, religion,
language or any other status.”
It is also defined as the supreme, inherent rights to
life, to dignity, and to self-development. It is concerned with
issues in both areas of civil and political rights and economic,
social and cultural rights founded on internationally accepted
human rights obligations
In this sense, each person, even before coming into this
world and getting out of its mother’s womb, have already
have rights, like right to live, which is a natural right.
Upon birth and growing up, citizenship and other rights
and entitlements are already alongside to the child, such
as the right to a name and nationality, the right to health
and nutrition, the right to shelter, the right to education
and the likes.
KINDS OF HUMAN RIGHT
• Natural Rights
• Constitutional Rights
• Statutory Rights
• Civil Rights
• Economic Rights
• Political Rights
 NATURAL RIGHT
These are rights inherent to man and given to him by God
as human being.
Rights that are not dependent on the laws and customs of
any particular culture or government, and so are universal, and
fundamental (they cannot be repealed by human laws, though
one can forfeit their enjoyment through one’s actions, such as
by violating someone else’s right.
NATURAL RIGHT
Some of the example of natural rights are:
• Right to preserve life
• Right to liberty
• Right to own property
• Right to make a living
• Right to have a family
• Right to practice religion
 CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
These are rights guaranteed under the fundamental
charter of the country.
It can be a prerogative or a duty, a power or a restraint
of power, recognized and established by a sovereign
state or union of states.
 CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
Constitutional rights may be expressly stipulated in a
national constitution, or they may be inferred from the
language of a national constitution, which is the supreme
law of the land, meaning that laws that contradict it are
considered unconstitutional and invalid.
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
Some of the example of constitutional rights are:
• Right to due process and equal protection of law
• Right against searches and seizure without a warrant
issued by a judge.
• Right to privacy
 STATUTORY RIGHT
These are rights provided by lawmaking body of a country or by
law.
An individual's legal rights, given to him or her by the local
and national ruling government. These are generally designed
to protect citizens. They are typically enforced by local law
enforcement, and their violation usually carries a penalty of legal
prosecution and punishment
STATUTORY RIGHT

Some of the example of statutory rights are:

• Right to receive a minimum wages.
• Right to preliminary investigation.
 CIVIL RIGHT

These are rights specified under Bill of rights. Rights

belonging to person by virtue of being a citizen.

Article III of the Philippine Constitution is the Bill of

rights, it is composed of twenty two (22) sections.
CIVIL RIGHT

Some of the example of civil rights are:

• Freedom of speech
• Right to information
 ECONOMIC RIGHT
These are rights to property, whether personal,
real, or intellectual. Some examples of these rights
include the following: right to use and dispose his
property, right to practice one’s profession and right
to make a living.
POLITICAL RIGHT
These are rights an individual enjoys as
consequence of being a member of body
politic. Some example of these are the
following: right to vote, and right to be voted
into public office.