Explanation
Human Rights Day is celebrated annually across the world on 10 December every year. The date was chosen to honor the United Nations General Assembly's adoption and proclamation, on 10 December 1948, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the first global enunciation of human rights and one of the first major achievements of the new United Nations.
Right to Information is an Act of the Parliament of India to provide for setting out the practical regime of right to information for citizens and replaces the erstwhile Freedom of information Act, 2002. Under the provisions of the Act, any citizen of India may request information from a public authority which is required to reply expeditiously or within thirty days.
The Right to Information Act passed in 2005 provided a ray of hope for common people as it promised transparency and accountability in governance and captured the imagination of masses soon. The law has a potential to be a crucial catalyst in challenging the power equation between the common masses and the ruling classes besides curtailing corruption. The object to create this Act was to serve a larger public interest to question the age-old hierarchical traditional system of governance and to strengthen foundation for a true participatory democracy.
Article 25 to 28 of the Constitution of India guarantees the right of Freedom of religion.
Inborn rights of man are those rights which he possesses since birth. They are the Human Rights which are moral principles or norms, and which describe certain standards of human behaviour, and are regularly protected as legal rights in municipal and international law. They are commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being, and which are inherent in all human beings regardless of their nation, location, language, religion, ethnic origin or any other status.
Fundamental Rights is a charter of rights contained in Part III of Constitution of India. It guarantees civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their lives in peace and harmony as citizens of India. These include individual rights common to most liberal democracies, such as equality before law, freedom of speech and expression, religious and cultural freedom and peaceful assembly, freedom to practice religion, and the right to constitutional remedies for the protection of civil rights by means of writs such as habeas corpus.
Article 24 of the Indian constitution clearly states that no child under the age of fourteen years shall be employed to work in any factory or mine or employed in any hazardous employment. The practice of bonded labour has also been declared unlawful.
The Chairperson and members of the NHRC are appointed by the President of India, on the recommendation of a committee consisting of:
Right against exploitation is especially devoted to children because it protects the children from exploitation. This right prohibits child labour. No one can employ a child below the age of fourteen to work in any factory or mine or in any other hazardous work such as railways and ports. Using this right as a basis, many laws have been made to prohibit children from working in industries such as beedi making, firecrackers, matches, printing and dyeing.
Article 21 secures two rights:
1) Right to life.
2) The right to personal liberty.
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