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Human rights are moral principles that set out certain standards of human behavior, and
are regularly protected as legal rights in national and international law. They are "commonly
understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply
because she or he is a human being."
Human rights in the Philippines pertain to the concept, practice, and issues of human
rights within the Philippine archipelago. The concept of "human rights," in the context of the
Philippines, pertains mainly (but is not limited) to the civil and political rights of a person living
in the Philippines by reason of the 1987 Philippines Constitution.
According to the Charter, the jurisdiction of the United Nations is to provide cooperation
among the nations, and not act as an international government. The UN Charter paved the way
for the drafting of the UDHR. The UDHR aims to promote "universal respect for, and the
observance of, human rights." Thus, the UDHR is merely a declaration for each signatory to
adopt to its own political system.