Winners of the Martin Luther King’s Day Human Rights Blog Post Competition on Youngstars website, were hosted by the Human Rights Officer of the U.S Embassy, Abuja, Nigeria. The event held at the embassy of the United States, Abuja on the 16th of February 2012. It was an informal one...
The Top 5 blog posts on the topic “THERE ARE 30 UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS, WHICH ONE DOES OUR SOCIETY NEED THE MOST, AND WHY?” have been selected by the Office of the Human Rights Office of the US Embassy Nigeria. Winners have been informed about the event at the US embassy...
Every person is entitled to certain fundamental rights, simply by the fact of being human. These are called “human rights” rather than a privilege which can be taken away at someone’s whim. These rights are there for our protection against people who might want to harm us. They are also...
The Yoruba have a saying: Iku ya j’esin lo. This translates literally as ‘Sooner death than indignity’. It is an expression that easily finds equivalents in numerous cultures, and captures the essence of self-worth, the sheer integrity of being that animates the human spirit, and the ascription of equal membership...
THERE ARE 30 UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS, WHICH ONE DOES OUR SOCIETY NEED MOST AND WHY? “The first time it was reported that our friends were being butchered, there was a cry of horror then hundreds were butchered. But when a thousand were butchered and there was no end to the...
The Right to Democracy 1. Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives. 2. Everyone has the right to equal access to public service in his country. 3. The will of the people shall be the basis of the...
The contemporary concept of human rights is “that all persons, by virtue of their membership in the human species, have certain rights.” (Quigley & Bahmueller, 1991, pg. 613). These rights refer to those basic laws and freedoms to which all humans are entitled to. They include civil and political rights,...
“Boko Haram attacks Kano, over 215 persons confirmed dead”, “Boko Haram’s attack on a catholic church claims the lives of at least 35 persons”, “Boko Haram strikes in Kogi, kills 4; Police Station, Bank burnt” and “Boko Haram kills 935 persons since 2009”. All these are headlines by some Nigerian...
When on the chilly, snow-dappled day of December 10, 1948, the UN General Assembly ratified the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) by a rousing 48-nation vote, there must have been a collective sigh of relief heaved across the globe. It was the aftermath of World War II, which had...
The universal human rights declaration was written by the chair of the united nations commissions,Eleanor Roosevelt the wife of the U.S president Franklin.D.Roosevelt shortly after the world war two in 1948 to bring peace to all nations of the world.it states the right that everyone in the world should have.The...