Human rights such civil rights and political rights are basic
It typically diverts funds from state budgets that should be dedicated to the advancement of human rights. It therefore undermines a state’s human rights obligations to maximize available resources for the progression realization of rights recognized in article 2 of the international covenant on economic, social and cultural rights.
Corruption undermines the fairness of institutions and process and distorts policies and priorities.
How is corruption a cause of human right violation and how effective remedial can be taken?
The term human rights denote all rights which are inherent in our nature and without which we cannot live as human beings. Human rights such as civil rights and political rights are basic, inherent, fundamental natural and inalienable right of human beings. However, one tends to forget the most fundamental human right to life and safety. These human rights include justice tolerance mutual respect and above all human dignity. They are considered indispensable for dignified human life.
Impact of Corruption on people
While corruption violates the rights of all those affected by it.
It is important that institutions like NHRC provide a frame work to table up cases of corruption acts of individuals and institutions that result in human right violations.
There is casual link between corruption and human rights because all forms of corruption practices may in the long run have an impact on human right, it cannot be concluded mechanically that a given act of corruption violate a human right. This means that, to apply the human right have work usefully( that is to say , with potential effect in law), It is necessary to distinguish corruption practice that directly violate a human right how corruption practice that lead to violation of a human right( but do not themselves violate a right), and from corrupt practice where a casual link with a specific violation of rights cannot practically be established. The links between corruption and human rights on the assumption that if corruption occurs where there is iodination and opportunity in human rights that leads to violation. Corruption is particularly likely of human Right. There are many places and many instances where these human rights are deliberately ignored. The greed for power and false pride of being better than others makes one forget the rights of others. Before any one tries to violate the fundamental human right of any individual, one should spare a thought that same thing could soon happen to them too.
Of the many lenses that corruption can be viewed from, health care is a conspicuous due to the fact it touches on every single person from birth to old age. It should therefore be a source of great concern on stakeholders to remedy the vices. It is a crime against humanity because it affects abortions, procurement of drugs, equipment and distribution of drugs. At times public funds lost is enough to take care of perennial problem such as famine thus making it a crime both economically and from the Len of human rights.
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Effects of corruption on humanity.
For one to fight corruption he or she should understand what corruption is. Corruption is defined as the misuse of entrusted power for private gain. In health sector, it encompass bribery of health professionals, regulation and public officials unethical, research diversion/theft of medicines and medical supplies fraudulent overbilling of health services absenteeism, informal payments embezzlement and corruption in health procurement. In a nutshell, corruption is seen as a dishonest, illegal and improper use of public power and authority contrary to the rights of citizens. Human right on the other hand are fundamental and inalienable rights which are essentials for life as a human being.
Provision of incentives to reduce neglect and corruption at once rather than trying to excise corruption surgically while consciously avoiding related forms of miss-governance combating corruption needs changes in institutions attitudes and behaviours government providers, citizen and service users each have a role to play in promoting good governance for better health by made grand corruption a crime against humanity and putting in place structure to prosecute. It will trickle down to reducing more mundane and pedestrian forms corruptions in the countries/ society.