Right to Life and Food: Key International Declarations
Right to Life and Food: International Declarations
1. UDHR 1948 Article 2 states, “Everyone has the right to life.”
2. ICCPR 1966 Article 6: “Every human being has an inherent right to life. The right shall be protected by law. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his life.”
3. Capital punishment can only be given for serious crimes and in final judgment. No death sentence can be given to pregnant women.
4. “States Parties recognize that every child has the inherent right to life” is a statement under which Article and Convention? The Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 6.
5. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Article 10: States Parties reaffirm that every human being has the inherent right to life and shall take all necessary measures to ensure its effective enjoyment by persons with disabilities on an equal basis with others.
6. The earliest mentioning of the right to life in the Western Jurisdiction was in the Magna Carta of 1215.
7. Under the European Convention on Human Rights, the deprivation of life is permissible under the following circumstances:
- In defense of any person from unlawful violence
- To prevent the escape of someone in custody
- To effect a lawful arrest
- To lawfully put down a riot
Under the American Convention on Human Rights: The death penalty shall not extend to crimes it does not presently apply, and cannot be re-established in states that abolished it, and is not for those under 18 or above 70 years of age.
8. In 1935, Dr. Alexis Carrel, a Nobel Prize winner, published the book ‘Man, the Unknown,’ suggesting the removal of the mentally ill by small euthanasia institutions equipped with suitable gases.
9. The Nazi euthanasia program was code-named Aktion T4 and was instituted to eliminate ‘life unworthy of life’.
10. The International Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was adopted on 13/12/2006.
11. Discuss the importance of the Right to Life in Human Rights Law? The right to life is a moral principle that every human being has the right to live and, in particular, has the right not to be killed by another human being.
12. Does the Right to Life extend to unborn babies? Discuss. Yes, adults do not have the right to choose the fate of the unborn baby, but in some circumstances, such as a life-threatening situation for the pregnant woman, it is possible to make the decision of abortion.
13. Why is it important to specify the right to life to persons with disabilities? Persons with disabilities have always been abused throughout history due to their disabilities, which makes it difficult to confront these attacks. Therefore, it was important to establish laws to protect their rights and ensure they are treated equally in society.
14. The right to food protects the right of all human beings to be free from hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition.
15. The negative side of the right to food means that governments do not have an obligation to hand out free food to everyone who wants it, or a right to be fed, but to make it available.
16. The positive right to food means that if people are deprived of access to food for reasons beyond their control, for example, because they are in detention, in times of war, or after natural disasters, the right requires the government to provide food directly.
17. US President Franklin Roosevelt included the “Freedom from Want” in his Four Freedoms speech on January 6, 1941.
18. In the UDHR Article 25, it was stated that: Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing, medical care, and necessary social services.
19. Under General Comment 12, there are three types of states’ obligations: Respect, Protect, and Fulfill.
20. “States Parties recognize the right of persons with disabilities to an adequate standard of living for themselves and their families, including adequate food, clothing, and housing.” This is under what article and convention? International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2006, Article 28.