Are our human rights respected and upheld in the Philippines?

The state – or the government – is obliged to “respect, protect, and fulfill” these rights. In the Philippines, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) primarily handles the investigations of human rights violations. However, it has no power to resolve issues as stated in the Supreme Court decision in 1991.

What is the most important human right in the Philippines?

These rights include the right to life and liberty, personal security, freedom from torture, freedom from discrimination and freedom from arbitrary arrest, among others.

What is your understanding about human rights?

Human rights are the basic rights and freedoms that belong to every person in the world, from birth until death. These basic rights are based on shared values like dignity, fairness, equality, respect and independence. These values are defined and protected by law.

What is the importance of human rights education to you as a student and as a citizen?

Human rights education teaches both about human rights and for human rights. Its goal is to help people understand human rights, value human rights, and take responsibility for respecting, defending, and promoting human rights.

What is the importance of human rights education in present scenario?

Human rights education aims to do the following: Enhance the knowledge and understanding of human rights. Foster attitudes of tolerance, respect, solidarity, and responsibility. Develop awareness of how human rights can be translated into social and political reality.

Why do we need human rights?

Human rights are needed to protect and preserve every individual’s humanity, to ensure that every individual can live a life of dignity and a life that is worthy of a human being. Question: Why “should” anyone respect them? Fundamentally, because everyone is a human being and therefore a moral being.