Human Rights Case Study

Introduction: Human rights are universal and promote the equality of all humans by providing life chances and fairness in the society, it also protects people from oppression by other authorities. The creation of human rights are influenced by what is perceived as natural laws (sometimes religion) and also moral views of the society, so they are created with the intent of protecting individual interests and are overriding. Human rights are also normative in our modern society, they bring order to social interactions and provide a sort of social boundary between individuals for said interactions. The Thesis of this paper to to support the argument that human rights protect the interests of all individuals by providing equality, personal …show more content…
A person is allowed to keep their own culture in a diverse society. Furthermore, human rights protect those who are put at a disadvantage in some cultures, e.g women and children are protected by rights in patriarchal cultures. Human rights protect the interest of children and infants, this is because children are easily manipulated, neglected and abused, human rights serve as a way of ensuring their safety. An example of children’s need for rights to protect their self interest is in Nigeria, where the culture allows for women and children to be seen as property, and child brides were allowed. Human rights fights to protect infants from this kind of …show more content…
The argument that human rights to do not protect the individual interests of the people because it reduces the general welfare and pleasure of the society as a whole is a good argument. This is because there have been instances where acts of terrorism have been prevented and the safety of the general public has been protected because the human rights of some individuals were taken away. But the flaw in this argument is that the acts of terrorism or public protection have been isolated incidents and if a state is given the power to take away human rights of individuals, there is no safety in place to stop them from abusing their authority or oppressing the residents of the state who oppose them through legal means like peaceful protests. If the state had the ability to take away an individuals right to life, speech, or freedom due to suspicion or fear of public safety then the interests of individuals will not be protected because their rights could be taken away at any time for the greater good of the