Economic social and cultural rights (ESCR) include the rights to adequate food, to adequate housing, to education, to health, to social security, to take part in cultural life, to water and sanitation, and to work.
World Human Rights & Peace Commission (WHRPC)
The World Human Rights & Peace Commission (WHRPC) of India was established on April 2022. The statute under which it is established is the Protection of Human Rights Act (PHRA), 1993 as amended by the Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Act, 2006.
The World Human Rights & Peace Commission (WHRPC) is an embodiment of India’s concern for the promotion and protection of human rights.
WHAT IS HUMAN RIGHTS?
Human rights are the basic rights of each individual in any part of the globe irrespective of cast, creed, sex, age, colour, status. It encompasses all social economic political, cultural anti-elements based on law of nature with the aim of ensuring justice, freedom and equality viz. individual and collective existence.
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What does the justice and Peace Commission do?
The JPC is directly engaged in the monitoring, investigating, documentation and reporting of human rights abuses and violations. In terms of access to justice, the organisation provides free legal service to the disadvantaged whose rights are violated, but do not have the means to acquire legal redress.
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International Bill of Human Rights
Following the second world war, a series of declarations and covenants began to articulate universal human rights. In 1948, for the first time, countries agreed on a comprehensive list of inalienable human rights. In December of that year, the United Nations General...
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a milestone document in the history of human rights. Drafted by representatives with different legal and cultural backgrounds from all regions of the world, it set out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to...
What are human rights?
Human rights are rights we have simply because we exist as human beings – they are not granted by any state. These universal rights are inherent to us all, regardless of nationality, sex, national or ethnic origin, color, religion, language, or any other status....
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