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HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCACY OF ICA UNIVERSITY (Voice for the Voiceless)
For us Human Rights Advocacy does also mean Social Justice Advocacy. Here is a video for our Views.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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Indian Tamil
Source: ICA University 
R. S. Beulah, Woman Voice for the Voiceless for the Human Rights Advocacy of ICA University, & Secretary of ICA University
My message to you:
One thing that I and my own brother Dr. R.J.A. Stephen Loie, President-ICA University have always been passionate about is helping others. This passion is why we teach, and why we live for mission work. We also have a a big passion for civil rights For those of you who don’t know, we live to plead for those who are mute. The reason being thus we became advocates obeying the following:
“Open your mouth for the mute,
for the rights of all who are destitute.Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.”
Proverbs 31:8-9
Here we are called to plead for those who can not plead for themselves. The call is to stand up for others. Martin said it so eloquently, “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” Becoming wise is the only way in the modern days to establish our human rights, whereas it can never be achieved through violence nor through simple Non-violence but through "Non-violence with wisdom".
Every human being is entitled to a basic set of rights as follows:
- The right to life and liberty, liberty being the freedom to do that which injures neither another person nor the environment.
- The right to be happy.
- Being free from discrimination based on a person's race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religious or other personal beliefs, nationality or social origin.
- Not being held in slavery or servitude.
- Being able to live in a free and open society with the right to vote, free speech, a basic education and an environment free of harmful pollution.
- Have an opportunity for honest employment that provides, at a minimum, a sufficient income to cover basic needs for themselves and their families.
- Have access to quality, affordable healthcare.
Here are my 'Voice' both in English & Tamil Videos (English Title is in English ,Tamil Title is in Tamil)
"ADVOCATES FEARING COURT-ARGUMENTS RESEMBLE
COWARDS HAVING SWORDS" Kural Couplet 727
HISTORY OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Originally, people had rights only because of their membership in a group, such as a family. Then, in 539 BC, Cyrus the Great, after conquering the city of Babylon, did something totally unexpected—he freed all slaves to return home. Moreover, he declared people should choose their own religion. The Cyrus Cylinder, a clay tablet containing his statements, is the first human rights declaration in history.
The idea of human rights spread quickly to India, Greece and eventually Rome. The most important advances since then have included:
1215: The Magna Carta—gave people new rights and made the king subject to the law.
1628: The Petition of Right—set out the rights of the people.
1776: The United States Declaration of Independence—proclaimed the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
1789: The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen—a document of France, stating that all citizens are equal under the law.
1948: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights—the first document listing the 30 rights to which everyone is entitled.