In order to fight injustice, we must ensure to respect the rights of everyone. This applies in particular to the so-called fundamental rights, which must be guaranteed everywhere. Stated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, they are: right to food, right to water, right to health, right to education, and right to childhood - which is also enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
“Unfairness” is a word that can have several meanings. One, in particular, is what we want to focus on: violation, deliberate or not, of the rights of others. In other words, in order to combat injustice, we must ensure to respect the rights of everyone. In particular, there are certain rights that are crucial for people, and as such they must be guaranteed everywhere. Let us therefore find out together what the five fundamental rights for human beings are.
Although the idea of human rights dates back to ancient times, the modern concept only emerged after the Second World War. When the nations came together in 1945, however, the ideas were not very clear. Everyone had their own vision of what human rights were. Then, on December 10, 1948, the countries participating in the United Nations General Assembly finally agreed. Thus the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was born.
It was not a legally binding amendment, but it had and still has a symbolic and emblematic moral value. In fact, many countries around the world recognize the Charter of Human Rights as law. The document identifies 30 fundamental rights, 5 of which are the most important: