The crucial role that these rights play is undoubtedly of immense importance. The rights described in the 30 articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights include the right to life, liberty, and security of person; to freedom of conscience, religion, opinion, expression, association, and assembly; to freedom from arbitrary arrest; to a fair and impartial trial; to freedom from interference in privacy, home, or correspondence; to a nationality; to a secure society and an adequate standard of living; to education; and to rest and leisure. The declaration also affirms the rights of every person to own property; to be presumed innocent until proven guilty; to travel from a home country at will and return at will; to work under favourable conditions, receive equal pay for equal work, and join labour unions at will; to marry and raise a family; and to participate in government and in the social life of the community.
Each article in the declaration came with the Four Freedom principal that is the freedom from fear, freedom of speech, belief and want. These freedoms have been the aspirations of the common people and were even stated by Franklin Roosevelt, in his annual message in 1941 to the Congress of the United States. Therefore the rights of human beings are based on primarily liberty and today, democracy is being a form of government based on liberty of expression, dissent, worship, choice and free from fear.
Our modern times clearly demonstrate that human rights are badly needed to be maintained and preserved at all cost in order to allow peace-keeping all over the world. The word “peace” has an intimate relationship with human beings and has also proven to be the most important ingredient to sustain a world dominated by competitions. Peace and harmony are set high on the agenda and various attempts are being made in order not to disturb these precious elements and this is where human rights come into action. Furthermore, the maintenance of peace and harmony by human rights contribute to a huge extent to the stability of the economy of a country. This would effectively increase the status of living of a country and eventually the world would be a better place to live.
Moreover, the activities of man in response to his own needs and wants have obviously illustrated the importance of human rights. The foundation of the United Nations is one of the very many classic examples. The United Nations was obviously created by heads of various countries to be able to establish these human rights and thus making each and every people living an agreeable and suitable life. In so doing, peace is conserved and eventually allows progress in every part of the world.
As a matter of fact therefore, the importance of human rights cannot be under-estimated. Man should always endeavour in order to attain his objective. Human rights are the mechanisms which facilitate the task of human beings in so many ways and it is only man who can give the ultimate of the outcome. Consequently, it is not vain to say that had human rights not existed today, it would have to be invented!