DIMAPUR, JANUARY 21 (MExN): The International Human Rights Association (IHRA) Nagaland has expressed concern on the ongoing “tumult” regarding the urban local bodies' election and said it was keeping a close watch of the entire situation.
There is a near- universal consensus that all individuals are entitled to certain basic rights under any circumstances which include certain civil liberties and political rights, the most fundamental of which is the right to life and physical safety, the Association through its State PRO (Nagaland) pointed out on Saturday. It articulated that human rights are the articulation of the need for justice, tolerance, mutual respect and human dignity in all of our activities.
While maintaining that “speaking of rights allows us to express the idea that all individuals are part of the scope of morality and justice,” the Association condemned the act of its violation, recently at Phek district.
“To protect human rights is to ensure that people receive some degree of decent, humane treatment. To violate the most basic human rights, on the other hand, is to deny individuals their fundamental moral entitlements. It is, in a sense, to treat them as if they are less than human and undeserving of respect and dignity,” it said.
International humanitarian law has been enacted to preserve humanity in all circumstances, even during conflicts and such law creates areas of peace in the midst of conflict, imposes the principle of a common humanity, and calls for dialogue. It rules out unlimited force and seeks to limit the use of violence in the hope of maintaining the necessary conditions for a return to peace, the Association said.
Therefore, in order to truly address human rights violations, we must strive to understand the underlying causes of these breaches, it went on to state.
While these causes have to do with underdevelopment, economic pressures, various social problems, and international conditions, the Association felt that the roots of repression, discrimination, and other denials of human rights stem from deeper and more complex political, social, and economic problems.
The Association stated that it is only by understanding and ameliorating these root causes and strengthening our acts that the government and our civil society together can truly protect human rights.
In this connection, the IHRA Nagaland has appealed to each and everyone concerned to act rational and prevent any violation of Human Rights during this unrest.
