An Overview of the Developments in the Discipline of Human Rights

Abstract

Human rights must be maintained and made available to everyone since they are necessary for the whole development of each person's individuality within society. The inevitable expansion of government control over people's behaviour has led to a demand for protection, which is in no way to be viewed as beneficial. The realisation that all laws, whether they are rules of municipal law or that of international law, should have as their purposes the protection of human rights in the interest of humanity was brought about by people's realisation that their rights also required the protection by states. All people have the same basic legal rights, regardless of their gender, colour, nationality, ethnicity, language, religion, or any other distinction. Human rights cover a wide range of rights, such as the freedom from slavery and torture, the right to life and liberty, the freedom of speech, the right to a job and an education, among many more. These rights apply to everyone without exception.