Kenya Human Rights Law :Types of Human Rights

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights has guaranteed a number of rights which can be classified as follows:
(a) Social or Civil Human Rights:All human beings are entitled to:
(1) The right to life, liberty and security of persons
(2) Right to freedom from slavery and servitude
(3) Right to freedom from torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
(4) Right to freedom from arbitrary interference with privacy, family, home or correspondence
(5) Right to marry and have family and right to property.

(b)Political Human Rights:To take part in the political process, all human beings are provided with some rights such as:
(1) Right to nationality
(2) Right to equality before law and equal protection of law
(3) Right to judicial remedies, fair trial and freedom from arbitrary arrest, detention or exile
(4) Right to freedom of thought, expression, belief, faith, conscience and religion
(5) Right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
(6) Right to take part in government affairs and equal access to public service
(7) Right to equal suffrage
(8) Right to freedom of movement and right of asylum etc.

(c)Economic Human Rights:To ensure the economic interest of the human being, UNO also provides certain economic rights, such as:
(1) Right to social security
(2) Right to work and the right to equal pay for equal work
(3) Right to form trade unions
(4) Right to rest and leisure
(5) Right to food, health and adequate standard of living.

(d)Cultural Human Rights:For the protection of the various types of cultures, traditions and customs of the human being, the Declaration of Human Rights also provides certain rights, such as:
(1) Right to participate in the cultural life of the community,
(2) Right to enjoy the art and to share in the scientific advancement and its benefits
(3) Right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary and artistic production of which the individual is the author
(4) Right to a social and international order in which the human rights as provided in the Universal Declaration can be fully realized.