Question

The United Nations Organisation was established to be an effective peace keeping\ international organisation. In this context explain the following:

The meaning of Human Rights as incorporated in the Human Charter.

Answer 1

Human rights are those freedoms which should be available to all persons, irrespective of their religion, race, caste, sex, or nationality. This includes the Right to Life, Right to Equality, Right to Education etc. According to the Charter of the United Nations, the objective of the human rights is to ‘reaffirm faith and beliefs in fundamental human rights’. The Charter divides human rights into civil rights, political rights, economic rights, social rights and cultural rights.