Civilian and Political Rights

Every man is equal before the law, and have individual freedoms.

Generally, the view of societies in various countries, said that the life of each person is invaluable, and that nobody has the right to take away the lives of others. For this life is enjoyed in its fullness, the individual must have autonomy, freedom and certain material conditions.

The freedom and autonomy mean fitness so that each person has their own thoughts, their actions did not interfere as long as the exercise of these actions in others.
The concept of living conditions relates to what people need to live in dignity in our society.
The conventions and covenants seek the protection of the right to life from beginning until it ends.

At present in genocide, the forced disappearance of persons, slavery, torture and ill-treatment. The genocide was defined by the UN as “those acts done with intent to destroy in whole or in part a national, ethnical, racial or religious group”.
The enforced disappearance of persons usually a methodology used by governments that adscriben state terrorism.

The convention against slavery, defines slavery as “the exercise of the right attributes of ownership over people.”

Torture and ill-treatment are different applications of violence with the aim of having information from the victim.

Today, there are various problems concerning the right to life, for example, genetic engineering, cloning, euthanasia, the death penalty or abortion. Cloning is a means of asexual reproduction which produces genetically identical individuals. The debate generated in the scientific field, regarding the implementation of such techniques to human impulse to international agencies to fix its position. The use of this mechanism confines reproductive was considered “ethically unacceptable and contrary to human integrity” by WHO.

The different positions compared to abortion or euthanasia is another example of the diversity of values that coexist in our world. The laws of our country rests on the Christian doctrine about life, which says that life extends from the moment of fertilization until death irreversible, whatever the living conditions of people.

Another topic of discussion is capital punishment, namely the death sentence an offender for a crime committed. Those in favor of it argue that this penalty would serve to deter those who are committing a felony, and the only serious punishment to the extent of the penalty committed.

Those who oppose the death penalty argue that ending the life of a person as being unworthy is judged as not worth the right to life and arrogate to itself the right to destroy it.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights argues that everyone is entitled to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, as well as its manifestation. Freedom of conscience is the right of everyone to not be compelled to profess particular religion. The freedom of religion implies the right of every citizen to exercise in ceremonial practices which manifests their religion.

Freedom of expression is the possibility of disseminating ideas, opinions and beliefs orally or in writing.

The right to information is concerned, on the one hand the informant, who has the right to express all kinds of expression, censorship and do so without explicit or implicit. Moreover, this law also protects those who receive the information, who should have access to all kinds of information.

The communication experts say there are problems with the right to information, and who argue that if the media are concentrated in few hands, was put at risk the person is unable to select the information they want.