Making the world a better place for all of us.
A non-partisan organisation mobilising Parliamentarians to defend the human rights of every citizen of Pakistan.
What are human rights?
Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, regardless of race, nationality, ethnicity, language, religion or any other status.
Human rights include the right to life and liberty, freedom from slavery and torture, freedom of opinion and expression, the right to work and education, and many more.
Everyone is entitled to these rights – without discrimination.
The four guiding principles
Universal & Inalienable
The principle of universality of human rights is the cornerstone of international human rights law. As emphasized in the Universal Declaration on Human Rights in 1948, all States have the duty to promote and protect human rights regardless of political, economic and cultural systems.
Interdependent & Indivisible
Equal & Non-discriminatory
Both Rights & Obligations
Core International Human Rights Treaties
This publication reproduces the core universal human rights treaties in pocket size, complementing the OHCHR Core International Human Rights Treaties (2006).
The OHCHR aims to make these instruments more accessible to government officials, civil society, human rights defenders, legal practitioners and scholars.
Ratified by Pakistan
Core Human Rights Conventions
1
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
2
Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam
3
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
4
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)
5
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD)
6
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
7
Convention Against Torture (CAT)
8
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
9
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
Last Sermon of the Holy Prophet (PBUH)
Islam as a religion of peace lays down some rights for man as a human being. Whatever man whether he belongs to this country or that, whether he is a believer or unbeliever, whether he lives in some forest or is found in some desert — he has some basic human rights simply because he is a human being.