JSS 1 Civic Education First Term Week 10
week 10- Human Right
Content- Meaning of Human Right
Types of Human Right
Human right can be defined as certain privileges enjoyed by every citizen in a country.
Human rights are the entitlement that should be given to a person and which when denied can be repossessed under law
Types of human right
- Civic right: Civic rights include the following
- Right to life
- Right to personal liberty
- Right to Dignity of Human Person
- Right to fair hearing
- Political right: these are
- Right to vote and be voted for
- Right to freedom of expression and association
- Right to Peaceful Assembly and Association
- Right to freedom from discrimination
- Economic right: These are
- freedom from inhuman treatment
- Right to trade
- Right to Earn Income
- Right to own property
- Right to free choice of employment.
Test and Exercise
- ————– is defined as certain privileges enjoyed by every citizens in a country (a) human right (b) inhuman right (c) human opportunity (d) inhuman opportunity. ans (a)
- Human right can be categorized into all of these except (a) Economic (b) political (c) cultural (d) civic. ans(c)
- Right to free choice of employment is classified under (a) political (b) civic (c) economic (d)cultural.ans (c)
- The right to vote and be voted for is classified under (a) civic right (b) political right (c) economic right (d) none of the above. ans (b)
- When human right is denied, it can be repossess under law. True/ false. ans (true)
