It is important to view human rights through different lenses because all human rights are equally important. The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights makes it clear that the human rights of all kinds- economic, political, civil, cultural and social- are of equal validity and importance. Economic, social and cultural rights must be respected, protected and realized on an equal footing with civil and political rights.
According to the Article 3 of "The Universal Declaration of Human Rights", everyone has the right to live. All the member states have the responsibility to protect the human rights of their citizens as well as anyone living in their territory. Human rights can be seen in a bigger picture on the issue basis, the right of citizens to basic necessities which is the obligation of state …show more content…
The second generation concerns economic, social and cultural rights, specifically, those enshrined in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, such as rights to housing and to form a trade union. The third generation typically is said to include the right to development, the right to self-determination, minority rights, the right to a healthy environment, the right to peace, and the right to ownership of the common heritage of mankind. Civil and political rights, he wrote, are ‘negative rights, in the sense that they respect requires that the state does nothing to interfere with individual liberties'. Social, economic and cultural rights, in contrast, require ‘positive action by the state to be implemented'. Third-generation rights, for Vasak, are distinctive not because of the nature of the obligations they impose, but because of the peoples who bear these obligations. Unlike first- and second-generation rights, which impose obligations only on states, third-generation rights, because they ‘reflect a certain conception of community life, . . . can only be implemented by the combined efforts of everyone:
According to the Article 3 of "The Universal Declaration of Human Rights", everyone has the right to live. All the member states have the responsibility to protect the human rights of their citizens as well as anyone living in their territory. Human rights can be seen in a bigger picture on the issue basis, the right of citizens to basic necessities which is the obligation of state …show more content…
The second generation concerns economic, social and cultural rights, specifically, those enshrined in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, such as rights to housing and to form a trade union. The third generation typically is said to include the right to development, the right to self-determination, minority rights, the right to a healthy environment, the right to peace, and the right to ownership of the common heritage of mankind. Civil and political rights, he wrote, are ‘negative rights, in the sense that they respect requires that the state does nothing to interfere with individual liberties'. Social, economic and cultural rights, in contrast, require ‘positive action by the state to be implemented'. Third-generation rights, for Vasak, are distinctive not because of the nature of the obligations they impose, but because of the peoples who bear these obligations. Unlike first- and second-generation rights, which impose obligations only on states, third-generation rights, because they ‘reflect a certain conception of community life, . . . can only be implemented by the combined efforts of everyone: