December 10 is International Human Rights Day. The day is being celebrated worldwide with the slogan Human Rights: Our Everyday Essentials.
The most complex human issue of the past 20th century and the present 21st century is human rights. It is currently facing a great challenge. Human rights have now become the motto and ideal of modern civilized people and a symbol of their identity and dignity. In making various policies, various terms derived from human rights, such as fundamental freedoms, the right to self-determination and human conduct, even women’s rights, etc., have a huge impact and effectiveness. But it is necessary to mention here, have real human rights been preserved and implemented or are they being preserved in the present world? Whatever is being done or said in the world today as human rights is not actually real and complete human rights; rather, it is fragmented. The establishment and preservation of real human rights will be possible only when it is derived from a real and realistic perspective and philosophy regarding ‘humans’. There is no dispute that the demonic genocide in Palestine has been committed by the heinous aggression of Zionist Israel. Now there is a temporary ceasefire. More horrific news of the devastation is coming out one after another. More than 100,000 people have been killed in the Israeli attack on the Palestinian enclave of Gaza that has been under siege for more than two years. This information has emerged in a new study by the Max Planck Institute in Germany.
This information was reported by the Anadolu news agency in a report on November 25, 2025.
The news agency says that the death toll in the ongoing war in Gaza may be much higher than what has been thought so far, according to a report published by the German weekly Zeit on Monday. According to a group of researchers from the renowned Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in the northeastern port city of Rostock, Germany, at least 100,000 people have died or were killed in the war that has been going on for more than two years.
Irina Chen, co-leader of the research project, said that we will never know the exact death toll. We are just trying to make as realistic an estimate as possible. The researchers estimate that between 99,997 and 125,915 people died or were killed in the Gaza Strip during the first two years of the war. Their median estimate is 112,069. The Max Planck researchers compiled the statistical picture by collecting data from a variety of sources. In addition to data from the Gaza-based Ministry of Health, they also included an independent household-based survey and death reports published on social media.

The entire world is suffering from the wounds of the Russia-Ukraine war. The recent bloody war has destabilized the world. War means absolute violation of human rights. Ordinary people are being killed indiscriminately. Where life is at stake, what else can be done about human rights? And these are the strange tricks of the world’s bigwigs. The different business activities of arms dealers are a strange ongoing game of world governance. Humanity is crying silently all around; but there is no one to hear or see. The innocent and unarmed people of the world are today hostages in the hands of oppressive, exploitative, and armed forces. In fact, those who have the ability to speak about the rights of innocent people around the world are not coming forward to establish the fundamental rights of the people.

The world is currently going through a transitional period in terms of humanity and human rights. Ethnic cleansing is underway in several countries including Sudan, Congo, Ethiopia, and Somalia. Humanitarians do not want war in the world. Peacemakers are vocal against war. Peace-loving people want freedom from the scourge of war. But if some people do not walk the path of freedom and engage in unnecessary wars and speak the language of weapons, then the bloodshed will not stop.
Organizations like the United Nations have also become ‘philosophy’. The historic charters Magna Carta, the United Nations Charter, and all the mantras of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights have failed to prevent conflict and establish peace. Israel has been playing with the rights of Palestine for 75 years. It has taken away almost all rights, including the right to practice religion and the right to land. It is also taking away lives with the most modern weapons.
In our neighboring country, Myanmar, inhuman torture is being carried out indiscriminately against the Rohingya. The brutality of the Myanmar army has surpassed the history of civilization. The shooting and burning of unarmed Rohingyas, their disappearance, rape and child abuse have stirred up a stir around the world. More than 1.1 million Rohingya refugees have taken refuge in Bangladesh. The return of the Rohingyas to their homeland is still uncertain. The Myanmar government’s long-standing inaction, reluctance and pretexts, despite the efforts of the United Nations and various countries, are not acceptable to the conscientious people of the world. Despite violating the basic human rights of the Rohingyas and displacing them, Myanmar has not apologized. Unspeakable torture is also going on in Kashmir. The peace-loving people are not getting freedom from the hands of the aggressors. That is why they are becoming fighters. They are also dying to escape torture today.
Humanity and human rights are now under threat all over the world. There is a festival of rights violations everywhere, an anarchic situation. People have lost the right to live normally. There is no right to food, clothing and shelter. Genocide is being carried out in a planned manner. Millions of innocent and innocent people are being indiscriminately bombed. Unjust wars are being imposed. People are becoming refugees after losing their homes. In a word, the world is becoming a hellhole. World politicians are wreaking havoc all over the world just for the greed of power. On one hand, they are shouting about humanity, while on the other hand, people are being killed. The defenders of humanity are the ones who are violating the most human rights.
Organizations like the ‘conscience of world humanity’, the United Nations, are showing their failure to alleviate the suffering of oppressed people. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is now ‘nothing more than a piece of paper’.

Perhaps the most discussed and neglected issue in the world today is human rights. While the entire world is busy developing human rights, on the other hand, many incidents of human rights violations are happening all around. Humans are responsible for all kinds of global instability. It is also true that the biggest victim of this is humans themselves!

If we break down the word human rights, we will find two words—’human’ and ‘rights’. That is, human rights. Generally, human rights refer to those rights that a person is born with, which give him special status. If these things are taken away, he is no longer a human being. In other words, human rights are the rights that a person needs to survive as a human being. These rights are simple, natural and innate. Human rights are essential for human survival and for maintaining their existence as social beings. Human rights lie in showing due respect to the dignity of every person.

On December 10, 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The declaration mentioned 25 human rights, all of which are called “human rights”. Out of these 25 rights, 19 are related to civil and political rights, and the remaining 6 are related to economic, social and cultural rights.
Civil rights refer to those rights that are not included in human rights. For example, the right to trade, the right to form a company, the right to insurance, these are not human rights. Rather, they are civil rights. Because the nature or characteristics of human rights are all theoretical aspects of human rights, the real picture is completely different. Because in reality, human rights are being violated more or less everywhere in the world, many human rights can be taken away by governments, such as the right to nationality, the right to property, etc. The truth is that “human rights” is not a legal concept, but rather a matter of international law. Therefore, when a human right is recognized and enforced in the constitution or positive law of a country, it becomes a legal right. Therefore, it is appropriate to call human rights a universal moral right in the true sense.

Human rights are mainly characterized by two characteristics, namely:
1. Universal inference
2. Inalienability

Especially because of these two main characteristics, human rights are very different from other rights. Universal innateness means that a person can claim the rights that he is born with. Inalienability means that no one can take away the rights. In this sense, human rights are different from civil rights. Although civil rights are recognized by the positive law of the country, and the state can take them away. But since human rights exist before the birth of the state, it is impossible to take them away.
Rights recognized in the constitution of any country and enforceable and enforceable through the courts are called “fundamental rights”. In the real sense, all fundamental rights are human rights. Therefore, the rights under human rights that are written in the constitution and protected by constitutional guarantees are fundamental rights. Among the legal and moral rights, those are the human rights that all people in the world can claim only as human beings. These rights are not bound by the boundaries of any country or time, they are eternal and universal. Every person on earth is born with these rights by nature.

Although the rights of the disabled and the recognition and dignity of the minority ethnic groups have been achieved to a large extent in Bangladesh, it is not satisfactory. Meanwhile, the condition of the Dalit people in society has changed somewhat, but it is still not close to the desired level. Although the state has made policies and laws for women in the constitution, women in this country are neglected in many cases, children, the elderly, and those living in vulnerable areas of this country are also deprived of basic rights, and are constantly subjected to oppression, deprivation, and neglect. This tendency of neglect has also been socialized for ages, regardless of country, race, and religion. Therefore, despite the existence of the Human Rights Charter or state laws and policies, the rights of these people are violated step by step. There are people around us such as the mentally and physically disabled, transgender people, sex workers, socially identified lower communities such as the Veda community, the Rishi community, and many others; the establishment of their rights is rarely mentioned. On the other hand, the cry of the mountains and the establishment of their rights has today taken the form of an extreme debate over the two words ‘tribal’ or ‘tribe’. The development of the country is not possible in any way without neglecting and depriving these people, who are citizens of Bangladesh, and without establishing their human rights. It is necessary for the government to adopt suitable policies for their development, and if necessary, implement laws and policies. It is also necessary for us, who are the beneficiaries, to change the perspective of those who are the beneficiaries, to make everyone aware, and to cooperate with the government. In reality, the common people are not being awakened to this issue at the grassroots level, who are unaware of their rights and as a result, they are not getting any remedy. In reality, the issue of human rights must be highlighted at the grassroots level. Instead of holding meetings and seminars at the high level, the significance of human rights must be highlighted at the field level.

The issue of human rights is unknown to many. Therefore, the issue of human rights must be taken to the field level, whether publicly or privately. Everyone must be informed about their rights. For this, our civil society and the media must also come forward. Only the collective efforts of all can inform the general public about human rights and make them aware of their rights. And whenever the general public is aware and aware of their rights, then human rights will be truly established and Human Rights Day will bring multifaceted significance to us.
The responsibility of protecting human rights is not only the government. Every person in every section of society has the responsibility to understand their rights. Not only on December 10, but everyone must talk about human rights every day of the year. Let
people live with their right to live. This is the expectation of every conscientious and conscious person today.

Author: Father of Fikamli theory,
former university teacher and political analyst.