HR100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Negative And Positive Rights, Universal Declaration Of Human Rights
20 Mar 2017
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Positive rights require others to provide you with either a good or service. A negative right, on the other hand, only requires others to abstain from interfering with your actions. Definition: typically refer to claims for the satisfaction for basic human needs. They are often associated with claims for concrete material goods and various social benefits. ), to free choice of employment, (no slavery; nut, no work faire?) to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment. 23: (1) everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favorable conditions of work (positive right) and to protection against unemployment. Rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality. 25: (2) motherhood and childhood are entitled to special assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection. Un human rights do recognize sub- categories of humanity.
