Human rights

This topic speaks about human rights, what it is, how human rights are related to us and how to protect them

Different Human rights?

In human rights discourse, we often meet with the so called three generations of human rights. We call them “generations” as they were introduced in a chronological order over time. Their emergence is also, at least to a certain level, derivable from historical reality - clearly, there could not be workers’ rights before there were workers.

However, in relation to this concept it is important to mention that these “generations” do not mean that any of them are already “done”. No. New generations are just built on the previous ones, but the previous generations are still valid.

3rd generation - solidarity rights	2nd generation - equality rights	1st generation - liberty rights
Articulated in the second half of the 20th Century, though, with exception of African Charter on Human and People's rights, they have not been incorporated into any really binding human rights treaties as these rights are often understood as possibly offending nation states.	19th century response to the widespread poverty, rising inequality (age of divergence) during industrialisation and consequent labour rights needs	Dates back to 18th century.
Collective rights	Social rights, economic rights and cultural rights	Civil and political rights
These human rights are those rights that go beyond the civil and social rights, based on solidarity. They emphasize the collective rights of society or peoples, e.g. minorities.	This generation of rights reacted on the situation created by the Industrial Revolution - widespread poverty and rising inequality. These rights entitle individuals to obtain protection from the state. The governments commit themselves to undertake measures to improve the social situations and the society as a whole.	These rights were designed to protect individuals from state interference in their lives and so define the relationship between the power and the citizens.