The document discusses the protection of human rights at the universal, national, and regional levels. It outlines the key international instruments that establish and promote human rights, including the UN Charter, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. It also describes the primary UN bodies that work on human rights issues, such as the Human Rights Commission and its sub-committees. Finally, it discusses some regional human rights frameworks in Europe, Africa, the Americas, and the Arab world.

1. Rezaul Hoque Razu

2. Universal Protection of HR
National Protection of HR
Regional Protection of HR

3. UN Charter
Primarily concerned UN Bodies
Universal Declaration of HR
The International Bill of HR

4.  Adopted at San Francisco in 26th June 1945
 1st International Instrument dealing with Protection of HR and
Fundamental Freedoms
 Envisaged UN as an agency for Centralization and Co-
ordination of Administration for international HR Protection
 Diligently Protected HR through Legal Instruments and On-the-
ground Activities.
 UN Legal authority was Entrusted with ample powers to
Undertake measures for HR Codification and Protection

5. Promote and Encourage Respect for HR
International Cooperation for Economic,Social,Cultural
Educational and Health Fields
International Relation based on Equal Rights and
Fundamental Freedoms

6. UN Charter
Primarily concerned UN Bodies
Universal Declaration of HR
The International Bill of HR

7. Human Rights Commission
Sub commission for Prevention of Discriminations
and Protection of Minorities
Commission on Status of Women
High Commissioner for HR

8.  Established on February 1946 under Un charter
 Directed to Make Recommendations and reports on
-an International Bill of Human Rights
-Conventions or declarations on civil
liberties,
status of women, freedom of
information
-Protection of Minorities
- Discrimination on the basis of race, sex,
religion or
language or religion
-Matters relating to Human Rights

9.  Submits a report on each session to the High commission of
Human Rights
Sub commission for Prevention of Discriminations and Protection of Minorities
Commission on Status of Women
 Played an Important role on Promoting rights on Political, Economic,Civil,
Social and Educational Fields.
High Commission for Human Rights
 Works on Peace-keeping missions and has authority to investigate and
report on issues of Human RightsViolation.

10.  Replaced Human Rights Commission in 2006
 Key Independent UN intergovernmental body
responsible for HR
 Works voluntarily to examine, monitor, publically report
and advise on HR from a thematic or country specific
perspective.

11. Consists of,
1. United Nations Charter
2. Universal Declaration Of Human Rights,1948
3. The Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,1966
4. The Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights,1966

13.  Attended by representatives of 171 nations and 800 NGOs,
with some 7,000 participants overall.
 It established the interdependence of democracy, economic
development, and human rights.
 it replaced the ColdWar division of Civil and Political Rights
With the concept of rights being indivisible, interdependent ,
and inter-related to each other.
 It called for the creation of instruments to publicize and
protect the rights of women, children, and indigenous
peoples.

14.  known asVDPA, adopted by consensus at theWorld
Conference on Human Rights on 25 June 1993 in
Vienna,Austria.

15.  Human Rights as relevant universal standard
 Human Rights as Indivisible, Interdependent and
Interrelated
 Democracy, Development and Human Rights
againstTerrorism
 Poverty and Social Exclusion
 The Right to Development
 Right to seek asylum and humanitarian aid
 Against Racism, Xenophobia and Intolerance
 Persons belonging to Minority Groups
 Indigenous people

16.  Rights of MigrantWorkers
 Women's Rights and DomesticViolence
 The rights of the child
 Freedom fromTorture
 Enforced disappearances
 The Rights of the disabled person
 Human Rights, the responsibility of the State
 Human rights education
 Implementation and monitoring methods

17.  European Convention for the protection of HR and
Fundamental
Freedoms, 1950
 American Convention on HR, 1969
 European Social Charter
 African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights,1981
 Helsinki final act of conference on security and cooperation in
Europe, 1975
 Arab Commission on Human Rights

18.  Human Rights in the Constitution in
Bangladesh
 Human Rights on other domestic laws