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1、ACCESSTOJUSTICE–AFUNDAMENTALHUMANRIGHT
2、30ACCESSTOJUSTICE-AFUNDAMENTALHUMANRIGHTTHERTHONTANSRIARIFINZAKARIACHIEFJUDGEOFMALAYAItisanhonourformetobeinvitedtoaddressyouonthisimportanttopic-accesstojusticeinthecontextofhumanrights.1.HUMANRIGHTS[1]IwouldbeginbystatingbrieflywhatIundersta
3、ndbyhumanrights.Tome,humanrightsaretherightsthateveryoneofusashumanbeingisendowedwithfromthedaywewerebornintothisworldofours.Theserightscannotbetakenaway,norcantheybedeniedbasedoncolour,religion,ageorotherpersonalfactors.Centraltotheconceptofhumanrightsistheprotectionofhumandignity
4、.ToquoteKofiA.AnnanExcerptfromamessageof5December1997,addressedbytheformerSecretary-GeneraloftheUnitedNationKofiA-Annanonthebeginningofthe50thAnniversaryyearoftheUniversalDeclarationofHumanRights.,theformerSecretaryGeneraloftheUnitedNation“Humanrightsarethefoundationofhumanexistenc
5、eandco-existence;thathumanrightsareuniversal,indivisibleandinterdependent;andthathumanrightslieattheheartofallthattheUnitedNationsaspirestoachieveinpeaceanddevelopment.Humanrightsarewhatmadeushuman.Theyaretheprinciplesbywhichwecreatethesacredhomeforhumandignity.”Humanrightsarenowun
6、iversallyrecognisedunderthevariousUnitedACCESSTOJUSTICE–AFUNDAMENTALHUMANRIGHT
7、30Nationagreements,conventionsandcovenantscommencingwiththeUniversalDeclarationofHumanRights1948(UDHR)andtheEuropeanConventionofHumanRights(ECHR).Amongstothers-InternationalCovenantonEconomic,SocialandCu
8、lturalRight1966andInternationalCovenantonCivilandPoliticalRights1966.Attheregionallevel-theEuropeanConventionofHumanRights1950,theAmericanConventionsonHumanRights1969,theAfricanCharteronHumanandPeople’sRights1981andtheArabConventiononHumanRights1994.TheUDHRandtheECHRweretheglobalre
9、sponsetotheoppressionandtyrannyexperiencedduringtheSecondWorldWarwhereeveryconceivablerightsofpersonorindividualwasviolated.[2]Theseagreements,covenantsandconventionsgiverecognitiontoalistofindividualrightsaswellasthegeneralsocialandeconomicrights.Theyhavelargelybeenincorporatedint
10、otheconstitutionsofdemocra
