Human Rights Law 123

The United Nations Charter was signed on 26th June 1945 in San
Fransisco and came into force on 24th October 1945. It mentions human
rights early in it’s preamble and It contains explicit references to human
rights.
Article 1(3) of the Charter of the UN can be compared with a similar
provision in Article 55 of the charter of UN emphasizing stability and
well being necessary for peaceful and friendly relations among nations
basing on the respect for the principle of equal rights and self
determination of the people
Article 76(c) which contains objectives emphasize on encouraging
respect for human rights and for fundamental freedom for all without
distinction to race, sex, language or religion.
The UN Charter also emphasizes on the protection of human rights at
all levels towards it’s members who are part of it hence they ought to
adhere to it and ensure that the human rights of their respective citizens
aren’t violated.
1. Human rights are rights that all people in the society are entitled
with and nobody should interfere with. Governs how human being live in
social and with each other.
The human rights law is a set of principles established at the
international level, regional or national level to protect and enforce
human rights. Provides legal framework ensuring that the state respects
and protects the rights of it’s citizens. It contains various treaties
agreements which ensure that the human rights are protected globally,
some of them include The Convention on the elimination of all racial
discrimination (1965), International covenant on civil and political rights
(1966), Convention on the rights of person with disabilities (2006),
American Convention on Human Rights (1969) and African Charter on

human and peoples’s rights (1981).The following are the differences
between human rights and human rights law:
It’s application. The human rights apply at all times so as to
safeguard the individual but the human rights law only applies at a time
the human rights are infringed or violated example engaging in armed
conflicts.
It’s enforcement mechanism. Human rights direct enforcement
mechanism although they provide for guideline on how people ought to
act and be treated while Human rights law establish enforcement
mechanism at international and national level ensuring that the human
rights are complied with and not violated.
Nature of the rights. Human rights include broad range of
entitlements such as right to right to life, liberty, education while Human
rights law transforms the entitlement into legally binding obligations for
nations and entities to adhere with and doesn’t violate them by enactment
of legislation, policies corresponding to them to ensure they aren’t
violated by the state or the individuals.
2. The relationship between global regional human rights system and
national system is important in ensuring that human rights are promoted
and protected at all levels.
Global and Regional human rights system includes the European
court of human rights and the African commission on human rights in
which they complement the national system as they provide an additional
avenue for individuals to seek justice when their rights are violated and
their national institutions fails to uphold their rights being violated.
Regional human rights system acts as a complement to national system
by offering an alternative forum addressing violation of human rights.
Regional human rights system and global human rights system
collaborates with the national system in order to ensure that all human
rights standards are upholded. The collaboration may involve sharing best
practices providing technical assistance and building initiatives within
national jurisdiction.
All in all the interaction between global, regional human rights system
and national human rights system creates an approach in safeguarding
human rights while national institutions remain primary actors in
protecting it’s individual’s rights within their regional level offering
additional protection in case of them being violated .
3. International human rights law is a body created to promote and
protect human rights on social, regional and domestic levels.
It’s made up of treaties agreements having binding effect, charters,
protocols and so on.
It’s movement was strengthened when the United Nations General
Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of human rights (UDHR) on

10th December 1948.
The International Bill of human rights acts as a mechanism in ensuring
that human rights are protected and not violated in regional, national and
global level.
The international human rights law has set out some standards and
mechanisms that has to be followed by other states so as to ensure that
the specific states do promote, protect and ensure that the rights of it’s
citizens are not violated or interfered with, and in case the rights are
violated the international human rights law provides for enforcement
mechanisms on what the states or the individuals need to do so that so as
to solve the pertaining issue and uphold the rights of the individuals who
were violated.
REFERENCE
Charter
Charter of the United Nations of 1945
Other materials
Popovski, V. Human Rights and the Charter of the United Nations
International committee of the Red Cross.(2015).international human
rights law.
www.Wikipedia.com
www.unicef.org

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The United Nations Charter was signed on 26th June 1945 in San

rights early in it’s preamble and It contains explicit references to human

Article 1(3) of the Charter of the UN can be compared with a similar

provision in Article 55 of the charter of UN emphasizing stability and

determination of the people

Article 76(c) which contains objectives emphasize on encouraging

distinction to race, sex, language or religion.

The UN Charter also emphasizes on the protection of human rights at

social and with each other.

The human rights law is a set of principles established at the

international level, regional or national level to protect and enforce

and protects the rights of it’s citizens. It contains various treaties

some of them include The Convention on the elimination of all racial

discrimination (1965), International covenant on civil and political rights

(1966), Convention on the rights of person with disabilities (2006),

American Convention on Human Rights (1969) and African Charter on

between human rights and human rights law:

It’s application. The human rights apply at all times so as to

the human rights are infringed or violated example engaging in armed

It’s enforcement mechanism. Human rights direct enforcement

mechanism although they provide for guideline on how people ought to

act and be treated while Human rights law establish enforcement

mechanism at international and national level ensuring that the human

rights are complied with and not violated.

Nature of the rights. Human rights include broad range of

entitlements such as right to right to life, liberty, education while Human

violated by the state or the individuals.

2. The relationship between global regional human rights system and

national system is important in ensuring that human rights are promoted

and protected at all levels.

Global and Regional human rights system includes the European

court of human rights and the African commission on human rights in

which they complement the national system as they provide an additional

their national institutions fails to uphold their rights being violated.

Regional human rights system acts as a complement to national system

by offering an alternative forum addressing violation of human rights.

Regional human rights system and global human rights system

practices providing technical assistance and building initiatives within

and national human rights system creates an approach in safeguarding

human rights while national institutions remain primary actors in

protecting it’s individual’s rights within their regional level offering

additional protection in case of them being violated .

3. International human rights law is a body created to promote and

protect human rights on social, regional and domestic levels.

It’s made up of treaties agreements having binding effect, charters,

protocols and so on.

It’s movement was strengthened when the United Nations General

Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of human rights (UDHR) on

The International Bill of human rights acts as a mechanism in ensuring

mechanisms that has to be followed by other states so as to ensure that

violated the international human rights law provides for enforcement

mechanisms on what the states or the individuals need to do so that so as

Popovski, V. Human Rights and the Charter of the United Nations

International committee of the Red Cross.(2015).international human

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