... definition as follows: "By human rights we mean the rights that belong to all humans equally. Today we consider as human rights mainly those rights that are protected by universal or regional human rights conventions. Human rights conventions are legally binding international treaties between states. In the conventions the states commit themselves to guaranteeing certain rights both to their own citizens and to other people residing in their territory." (www.ykliitto.fi). Similarly, according to Fagan (2004), human rights are rights which are owned by human beings and function as moral guarantees in support of our claims towards the enjoyment of a minimally good life. The implication of these two quoted definitions are that there are several elements of human rights that are included in this concept namely some particular rights for every human, the equality of all human kind everywhere and anytime, the protection of human rights by convention, and that human rights ...

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