Legal intervention to curb discriminatory religious practices in Kenya for full realization of Women's Human Rights: A comparative study of christianity and Islamic faiths
Abstract
Human rights are a concept that has been constantly evolving throughout human
history. They have been intricately tied to the laws, customs and religions throughout the
ages. The origin of human rights could be said to be rights of man which are as old as the
human race and are as ancient as they are contemporary i.e. inhere in human beings as
soon as and as long as they are human. However there are those who view human rights
as legally given or defined while others view their origin in relation to human society and
the need to protect the individual against competing claims on his/her right.
In English history perhaps the earliest and most significant human rights
development was the Magna Carterl in which the barons of that generation obtained
recognition of their rights together with free men. In 1384, King Edward 1Il introduced
the important concept of "due process of law" which the rights of the individual were
vindicated.
By the 17th Century the Magna Carter which hitherto was the protection for the
wealthy and free men was regarded as a letter of freedom that guaranteed all freedoms
and individuals against the King and the state
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