Characteristics of Human Rights

Characteristics of Human Rights

Instructions

Read each text carefully. Determine which characteristic is described in each item. Click the option of your best answer.

Multiple Choice

Belongs to someone by nature or by habit

• Fundamental

• Inalienable

• Inherent

• Interdependent

They are not granted by any person or authority.

Inherent

​Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.

Multiple Choice

Relies on the fulfillment upon other rights

• Inalienable

• Interdependent

• Fundamental

• Universal

Interdependent

(1) Everyone has the right to education. (2) No torture, force, violence, threat, intimidation, or any other means which vitiate the free will shall be used against him

The fulfillment or exercise of rights cannot be had without the realization of the other.

Multiple Choice

Goes together or works side by side

• Inherent

• Imprescriptible

• Inalienable

• Indivisible

Indivisible

No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, nor shall any person be denied the equal protection of the laws.

They cannot be divided and denied even when other rights have already been enjoyed.

Multiple Choice

Serves a basis to support the existence of something

• Fundamental

• Imprescriptible

• Indivisible

• Interdependent

Fundamental

Everyone has the right to a nationality.

The life and dignity of man will be meaningless without them.

Multiple Choice

Cannot be taken away or revoked

• Inalienable

• Indivisible

• Imprescriptible

• Universal

Inalienable

Encourage non-formal, informal, and indigenous learning systems, as well as self-learning, independent, and out-of-school study programs particularly those that respond to community needs

They cannot be rightfully taken away from a free individual nor can it be given away or be forfeited.

Multiple Choice

Applies equitably to all members of a society

• Imprescriptible

• Fundamental

• Interdependent

• Universal

Universal

The right of the people to information on matters of public concern shall be recognixz

They apply to everyone irrespective of one’s origin, status, or condition or place where one lives.

Multiple Choice

Endures or continues to exist even with the lapse of time

• Inherent

• Fundamental

• Imprescriptible

• Universal

Imprescriptible

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, and medical care

They cannot be prescribed and lost even if man fails to use or assert them, even by a long passage of time.