Therapeutic Modality Program and Human Rights

Vocabulary flashcards covering the Therapeutic Modality Program, general definitions, characteristics, classifications, stages, and state obligations regarding human rights based on lecture notes.

Therapeutic Modality Program

An approach that focuses on the learning and relearning of behavioral skills, attitudes and values, associated with socialized living of persons deprived of liberty in a jail setting.

Human Rights

Rights which are inherent in our nature and without which we cannot live as human beings, serving as supreme, inherent and inalienable rights to life, dignity, and self-development.

Inherent (Human Rights Characteristic)

A characteristic of human rights indicating that they are not granted by any person or authority.

Fundamental (Human Rights Characteristic)

A characteristic of human rights indicating that without them, the life and dignity of man will be meaningless.

Inalienable (Human Rights Characteristic)

A characteristic of human rights meaning they cannot be rightfully taken away from a free individual, given away, or forfeited.

Imprescriptible (Human Rights Characteristic)

A characteristic of human rights indicating they cannot be lost even if a person fails to use or assert them over a long passage of time.

Indivisible (Human Rights Characteristic)

A characteristic of human rights meaning they are not capable of being divided and cannot be denied even when other rights have already been enjoyed.

Universal (Human Rights Characteristic)

A characteristic indicating that human rights apply irrespective of one's origin, status, condition, or location, and can be enforced without national borders.

Interdependent (Human Rights Characteristic)

A characteristic of human rights meaning that the fulfillment or exercise of one cannot be had without the realization of the other.

Natural Rights

God-given rights acknowledged by everybody to be morally good, which are unwritten but prevail as norms of the society.

Constitutional Rights

Rights conferred and protected by the constitution that cannot be modified or taken away by the law-making body.

Statutory Rights

Rights provided by law promulgated by the law-making body, which may be abolished by the body that created them.

Idealization

The stage of human rights where notions start in the realm of ideas reflecting a consciousness against oppression or inadequate performance of the State.

Positivization

The stage of human rights where support for the ideas becomes strong enough to incorporate them into legal instruments.

Realization

The stage of human rights when rights are enjoyed by citizens through the transformation of the social, economic, and political order.

Obligation to Respect

A State obligation contained in Article 2 (1) of the ICCPR indicating the negative character of civil and political rights and commanding the State to refrain from restricting their exercise unless expressly allowed.