Civil Human Rights
- rights of individuals to receive equal treatment & be free from discrimination everywhere
Right to life
- a human being has the right to live and should not be killed by another human being
Concerns the following including right to freedom
- Abortion ()إﺟﮭﺎض
- ending of a pregnancy by removal or fetus before it can survive outside the uterus
- an abortion that happens without any intervention is a miscarriage or spontaneous abortion
- when intervention is included it is called an induced abortion/miscarriage
- an abortion debate deals with the rights & wrongs of ending a pregnancy
- is a very painful topic for women & men when facing the choice of ending a pregnancy
Two sides of abortion
Pro-choice Pro-life
- support abortion rights - do not support abortion
- see that abortion is acceptable in some - intentional abortion is always wrong
circumstances - rare occasions are acceptable
Why should abortion be legal ? Why should abortion be illegal?
- is the mother’s choice - abortion is murder
- reproduction of her own body - life begin at conception, hence unborn babies
- should be 100% legal if it’s a risk to the have a right to live
mother’s life - fetuses feel pain during the abortion procedure
- should be legal in case of rape or incest
- Euthanasia ()ﻗﺘﻞ رﺣﯿﻢ
- practice of intentionally ending a life in order to relive pain or suffering
Ethical issues in Euthanasia Unethical issues in Euthanasia
- a way to relieve from extreme pain - morally incorrect & should be forbidden by
- a way of relief when a person’s quality of life law
is low - is homicide/murder
- preserves human dignity - devalues human life
- doctors should not be involved in death of a
person intentionally
- Capital punishment ()ﻋﻘﻮﺑﺔ اﻹﻋﺪام
- right to life is not always guaranteed
- some believe that capital punishment is the worst violation of human rights
- it violates the right to life which is the most important right
- inflicts to condemned psychological torture
Human Rights doesn’t prohibit the use of death penalty but does encourage to limit & end it
- Slavery
- a person is a slave if they are forced to work for another person
- forced marriage is a type of slavery, if it includes violence, threats, & intimidation
- trafficking in humans is a way of catching slaves
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, Equality
- quality of being the same in quantity, measure, value, or status
- associated with the notion of justice
- law has to be equal to everyone regardless of gender, race, money, and status
Misunderstanding
- equality doesn’t mean “same treatment” Types of equality:
It is: - Freedom - right to life, movement
- equality before the law - Welfare - protect interest of poor people
- equal treatment - Resources - country’s wealth
- equality of socioeconomic opportunity - Political - freedom of speech, expression &
association
- equality before the law doesn’t mean 100% equality
Equality means:
- people in the same circumstances / groups / places must be treated equally
- equality before the law is not absolute because not all laws must apply to all people in all
circumstances
Non-discrimination
Discrimination:
- refers to the different treatment of an individual or a group of individuals which results in a
disadvantage
Types of discrimination
Positive discrimination Negative discrimination
- recognized as a practice which doesn’t breach - any discrimination that harms the individual
the anti-discrimination principle
Grounds for discrimination
-gender
-race
-disability
-marital status
-physical appearance
Anti-discrimination law
1. International Covenant on Civil & Political Rights
2. International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
3. Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
4. Convention on the Rights of a Child
5. European Convention on Human Rights
Right to Family Life
- every state recognizes the sanctity of family life & the institution of marriage
- one can marry the person of their choice & have children
- governments can make some laws for regulating family welfare
such as ; bigamy, polygamy, marriage, divorce, property, rights of family, & succession
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- rights of individuals to receive equal treatment & be free from discrimination everywhere
Right to life
- a human being has the right to live and should not be killed by another human being
Concerns the following including right to freedom
- Abortion ()إﺟﮭﺎض
- ending of a pregnancy by removal or fetus before it can survive outside the uterus
- an abortion that happens without any intervention is a miscarriage or spontaneous abortion
- when intervention is included it is called an induced abortion/miscarriage
- an abortion debate deals with the rights & wrongs of ending a pregnancy
- is a very painful topic for women & men when facing the choice of ending a pregnancy
Two sides of abortion
Pro-choice Pro-life
- support abortion rights - do not support abortion
- see that abortion is acceptable in some - intentional abortion is always wrong
circumstances - rare occasions are acceptable
Why should abortion be legal ? Why should abortion be illegal?
- is the mother’s choice - abortion is murder
- reproduction of her own body - life begin at conception, hence unborn babies
- should be 100% legal if it’s a risk to the have a right to live
mother’s life - fetuses feel pain during the abortion procedure
- should be legal in case of rape or incest
- Euthanasia ()ﻗﺘﻞ رﺣﯿﻢ
- practice of intentionally ending a life in order to relive pain or suffering
Ethical issues in Euthanasia Unethical issues in Euthanasia
- a way to relieve from extreme pain - morally incorrect & should be forbidden by
- a way of relief when a person’s quality of life law
is low - is homicide/murder
- preserves human dignity - devalues human life
- doctors should not be involved in death of a
person intentionally
- Capital punishment ()ﻋﻘﻮﺑﺔ اﻹﻋﺪام
- right to life is not always guaranteed
- some believe that capital punishment is the worst violation of human rights
- it violates the right to life which is the most important right
- inflicts to condemned psychological torture
Human Rights doesn’t prohibit the use of death penalty but does encourage to limit & end it
- Slavery
- a person is a slave if they are forced to work for another person
- forced marriage is a type of slavery, if it includes violence, threats, & intimidation
- trafficking in humans is a way of catching slaves
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, Equality
- quality of being the same in quantity, measure, value, or status
- associated with the notion of justice
- law has to be equal to everyone regardless of gender, race, money, and status
Misunderstanding
- equality doesn’t mean “same treatment” Types of equality:
It is: - Freedom - right to life, movement
- equality before the law - Welfare - protect interest of poor people
- equal treatment - Resources - country’s wealth
- equality of socioeconomic opportunity - Political - freedom of speech, expression &
association
- equality before the law doesn’t mean 100% equality
Equality means:
- people in the same circumstances / groups / places must be treated equally
- equality before the law is not absolute because not all laws must apply to all people in all
circumstances
Non-discrimination
Discrimination:
- refers to the different treatment of an individual or a group of individuals which results in a
disadvantage
Types of discrimination
Positive discrimination Negative discrimination
- recognized as a practice which doesn’t breach - any discrimination that harms the individual
the anti-discrimination principle
Grounds for discrimination
-gender
-race
-disability
-marital status
-physical appearance
Anti-discrimination law
1. International Covenant on Civil & Political Rights
2. International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
3. Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
4. Convention on the Rights of a Child
5. European Convention on Human Rights
Right to Family Life
- every state recognizes the sanctity of family life & the institution of marriage
- one can marry the person of their choice & have children
- governments can make some laws for regulating family welfare
such as ; bigamy, polygamy, marriage, divorce, property, rights of family, & succession
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