Human Rights

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Human Rights

• by Snježana Husinec

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What can we do with RIGHTS?

• Sort the verbs according to their POSITIVE or
  NEGATIVE meaning?
• to protect to observe to violate to
  diminish to acquire to guarantee to abuse to
  grant to respect to award to restrict to
  ensure

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Human rights

• basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are
  entitled
• inalienable rights a set of human rights that
  are fundamental, are not awarded by human power,
  and cannot be surrendered

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Protection of human rightsA number of legal
documents

• at national level
• - constitutions

• at international level
• international declarations and treaties

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Principal international documents

• I International Bill of Human Rights
  (UN-document)
• - Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
• (Opca deklaracija o pravima covjeka)
• - International Covenant on Economic, Social
  and Cultural Rights (1966)
• (Medunarodni pakt o ekonomskim, socijalnim i
  kulturnim pravima)
• - International Covenant on Civil and Political
  Rights (1966) (Medunarodni pakt o gradanskim i
  politickim pravima)
• II European Convention on Human Rights (Council
  of Europe 1950)
• III Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European
  Union
• (2000 full legal effect 2009) political,
  social and economic rights of EU citizens

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Three Genarations of human rights (according to
Karel Vasak)

• First Generation (Civil and Political Rights)
• - date back to 18th Century
• Designed to protect the individual against state
  interference
• Right to vote
• Right to assemble
• Right to free speech
• Right to a fair trial
• Right to freedom from torture, abuse
• Right to protection of the law

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Three Genarations of Human Rights

• Second Generation (Economic, Social and Cultural
  Rights)
• - 19th Century response to widespread poverty in
  wake of industrial revolution
• -Prohibit government from denying access,
  -entitle individuals to get protection from state
  if third parties interfere with rights, -oblige
  states to take measures to improve overall social
  situation
• Right to education
• Right to housing
• Right to health
• Right to employment
• Right to an adequate income
• Right to social security

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Three Generatins of Human Rights

• Third Generation (Collective Rights)
• -First articulated in second half of the 20th
  Century
• With exception of African Charter on Human and
  People's
• rights, have not been incorporated into human
  rights
• treaties yet
• Right to economic and social development
• Right to prosperity
• Right to benefit from economic growth
• Right to social harmony
• Right to a healthy environment, clean air and
  water,
• Right to participation in cultural heritage etc.

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Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Reading
comprehension

• I Read the text on page 146 and answer the
  following questions
• What are the basic principles of successful
  economies?
• What is the role of the state in successful
  market economies?
• Which instruments do the states use to intervene
  in market relations?
• What is of foremost significance in market
  conditions?
• How does the state ensure respect for the rules
  of free market competition?
• What are the workers entitled to?
• II Do exercises 1 and 2 on page 147.
• III Underline the economic, social and cultural
  rights mentioned in the text.

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The Constitution of the Republic of Croatia

• I The historical sources of the Constitution
• II Basic provisions
• III The protection of human rights and
  fundamental freedoms
• 1. General provisions
• 2. Personal and political freedoms and
  rights
• 3. Economic, social and cultural rights
• IV The structure of the state power (institutions
  and bodies)
• 1. The Croatian Parliament
• 2. The President of the Republic of Croatia
• 3. The Government of the Republic of Croatia
• 4. The judicial power
• 5. State attorneyship
• V The Constitutional Court of the Republic of
  Croatia
• VI Local and regional self-government
• VII International relations

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Human rights in the Croatian Constitution

• Chapter III
• Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental
  Freedoms
• 1.Common Provisions
• 2. Personal and Political Freedoms and
• Rights
• 3. Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Articles
  48 70) 

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Economic rights

• Read the section on Economic, Social and Cultural
  rights of the Croatian constitution and find the
  ECONOMIC rights
• 1.
• 2.
• 3.
• 4.

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Social rights

• Read the section on Economic, Social and Cultural
  rights of the Croatian constitution and find the
• SOCIAL rights
• 1.
• 2.
• 3.
• 4.

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Cultural rights

• Read the section on Economic, Social and Cultural
  rights of the Croatian constitution and find the
• CULTURAL rights
• 1.
• 2.
• 3.
• 4.

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Read Articles 48 to 52 and find the following
nominal phrases
CROATIAN ENGLISH
pravo vlasništva pravo nasljedivanja poduzetnicka i tržišna sloboda jednak pravni položaj na tržištu socijalno blagostanje inozemni ulagac slobodno iznošenje dobiti vlasnicka prava podmirenje javnih troškova nacela jednakosti i pravednosti povijesni i gospodarski znacaj ovlaštenici prava
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Vocabulary practice - Collocations

• Match the verbs from column A with the nouns in
  column B.
• A B
  

to guarantee public expenses
to contribute to property/rights
to aquire the monopoly position
to abuse goods of interest
to stimulate rights
to expropriate economic progress
to defray the general welfare
to exploit property
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Vocabulary practice Word formation

• Turn the following verbs into nouns. Use them
  with the same collocations as in the previous
  exercise.
• to contribute a contribution to general
  welfare
• to acquire
• to abuse
• to stimulate
• to expropriate
• to defray
• to exploit

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Translate the following articles into English

• Clanak 51.
• Svatko je dužan sudjelovati u podmirenju javnih
  troškova, u skladu sa svojim gospodarskim
  mogucnostima.
• Porezni se sustav temelji na nacelima jednakosti
  i pravednosti.
• Clanak 56.
• Svaki zaposleni ima pravo na zaradu kojom može
  osigurati sebi i obitelji slobodan i dostojan
  život.
• Najduže radno vrijeme odreduje se zakonom.
• Svaki zaposleni ima pravo na tjedni odmor i
  placeni godišnji odmor i ovih se prava ne može
  odreci.
• Zaposleni mogu imati, u skladu sa zakonom, udjela
  pri odlucivanju u poduzecu.
• Clanak 66.
• Obrazovanje je u Republici Hrvatskoj svakomu
  dostupno, pod jednakim uvjetima, u skladu s
  njegovim sposobnostima.
• Obvezno obrazovanje je besplatno u skladu sa
  zakonom.