Viet Nam Human Rights
Ho Chi Minh's Thought about Human Rights
19/5/19
Various
activities are being held nationwide to celebrate the 129th birth anniversary
of President Ho Chi Minh. Vietnamese embassies abroad have commemorated
President Ho Chi Minh on the occasion of his 129th birthday (May 19) with a
series of activities.
Human
rights and national rights are great values of humanity. Human rights are
apparent, not an allowance or blessed upon by a higher power. These are noble
values, deeply perceived by humanity as a universal value. Protecting and
applying human rights is always a concern of mankind. The developmental theory
about them is strongly linked to class struggle and social revolutions. The
evolving process of mankind has indicated an great desire for human rights and
freedom. Human rights contain a wealth of content and complexity when combined
with different political regimes, so there are often different views about
human rights due to different approaches. In Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh mentioned
human rights very early and made many contributions to human rights’ theory.
Inheriting and developing of human rights values from the doctrines and
cultures of humanity, Ho Chi Minh has addressed his opinion on human rights:
human rights attached to the spiritual rights of the whole nation. The author
analyzes the uniquenesses of Ho Chi Minh's thought on human rights, thereby
explains the historical values and times significance of Ho Chi Minh’s thought.
In
Vietnam history, President Ho Chi Minh mentioned human rights from the very
early days. He laid the foundation for the theory of human rights which are
linked to the whole nation’s spiritual rights; with national sovereignty,
territorial integrity. Ho Chi Minh has indicated that independence and freedom
are the most important and fundamental values of human rights. They can only be
achieved by revolutionary struggle against the oppression and exploitation of
colonialism, attaining national independence and mobilizing the national
solidarity in order to flourish and protect the Fartherland
Ho
Chi Minh's thought of human rights is reflected both theoretically and
practically in the cause of the national liberation’s struggle and the process
of evolving the country. This was significantly demonstrated in Ho Chi Minh's
writings on “Letter to the French in Indochina”, “Mr. Anbe and the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights”, 1922 Declaration of the Colonial Union,
“Indictment of colonisation”... In particular, the “Declaration of
Independence”, which President Ho Chi Minh is the sole author, was identified
as the first document confirming both the theoretical and legal aspects of
rights about human rights, freedom and ethnic equality of the Vietnamese people
are in line with international ethics and principles. Studying Ho Chi Minh’s
thought is a significant foundation for the Communist Party of Vietnam so as to
define a guiding stance in the development of protecting and applying human
rights in Viet Nam today.
Ho
Chi Minh's idea of human rights is valuable and significant. It is the
inheritance of the tradition of humanity and democracy of the nation, which is
the progressive ideas’ continuation of human rights in the East and the West.
In particular, Ho Chi Minh's idea of human rights is the creative application
and development of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels and Vladimir Ilitch Lenin about
the radical liberation of the working class and the oppressed peoples. It is
the progressive thought of the times and still valid for Vietnam and for all
humanity. Applying these ideas of Ho Chi Minh, the Communist Party of Vietnam
defines one of the guiding points in the development of policies to protect
human rights in Vietnam, namely the protection of human rights is not separated
from the protection of national independence and sovereignty. Human history has
shown that a people without sovereignty can not have the right to freedom,
democracy, equality and happiness. From the history of nation-building and
national defense, the Vietnamese people has proved a truth "There is
nothing more precious than independence and freedom" Today, as an
independent nation owning its sovereign and also an active member of the United
Nations, Vietnam, together with the other nations in the world, has been
building a world of peace and security with mutual understanding and respect
for international standards of human rights. Under the leadership of the
Communist Party of Viet Nam, the Government of Vietnam resolutely eliminates
conspiracy and actions taking advantage of human rights, democracy, ethnic,
religious... to interfere into domestic affairs, infringement of sovereignty,
territorial integrity. The practice of national history has shown that:
Independence of the nation in association with socialism is the condition, the
basis for ensuring human rights. Simultaneously, the protection of human rights
of all peoples in the world must be linked to the common goal of humanity./.
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From an Oppressed Nation, Ho Chi Minh Inherited and Developed the Human Rights’ Values Based on Numerous Doctrines, Cultures, Especially Marxism - Leninism on Human Rights.
Ho Chi Minh's thought of human rights is rooted in the idea of human rights in the history of national thought; from the selective inheritance of progressive human rights’ ideals of the East and the West. In particular, Ho Chi Minh's thought of human rights is the creative application of the idea of Marxist-Leninist human and social liberation.
As a Marxist-Leninist, President Ho Chi Minh has understood and creatively applied the ideas of human rights scientifically and mankind revolution. Marxism-Leninism claims that human rights can only be attained by the struggle for national and social liberation.
Human rights are a multifaceted category, with different approaches. The first is to approach human rights with natural origin. Natural rights proponents argue that human rights are innate, inherent in all individuals.
President Ho Chi Minh was the first Vietnamese to address the concept of human rights and used it in the arguments against colonialism, protect and defend the human rights of all colonial people.
For Ho Chi Minh the basic human rights and freedom, first and foremost, are the noble human values, though the subjects of the rights are different races, colors, and territories.
For Ho Chi Minh, human rights are the inherent human values that are common to all people. Human rights are the outcome of the long-term development of human social history, the most spiritual value of human civilization. That affirms the inviolable values of human.
When writing the Declaration of Independence to proclaim the founding of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh began with the immortal words of the United States Declaration of Independence and The French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens.
Human rights, therefore, do not depend on customs, cultural traditions, or the will of any individual, class, organization, community or state.
That Ho Chi Minh realized the right to national freedom and equality from the issue of human freedom is a great contribution to human right theory of the twentieth century.
Ho Chi Minh believes that the most fundamental values of human rights are independence and liberty.
Ho Chi Minh devoted his life struggling for the national independence, freedom for the people. Ho Chi Minh considered this as his reason for living, that national independence was not separate from the freedom of the people.
In theory, President Ho Chi Minh has made great contributions to the theory of contemporary human rights. He developed the traditional Western ideals in the 18th and 19th centuries into the level of the ideal of the new age: the era of national liberation from the oppression and colonialism; the age of the oppressed people to struggle for independence, the right to life, freedom and democracy.
By promoting the decisiveness and indivisibility of national self-determination, independence and freedom for the nation with human rights, Ho Chi Minh's pioneering thought has guided contemporary ideas about human rights: individual rights are attached to collective rights; independence, national liberty and development are basic human rights; Human rights can never be higher than national sovereignty.
Ho Chi Minh's idea of human rights was expressed during his revolutionary activities.
President Ho Chi Minh was keenly aware of the key issues of human rights: national independence - socialism and true human liberation.
The value of natural rights theory is to promote human as the highest, most essential product of natural development.
President Ho Chi Minh has studied and appreciated the achievements of human rights in the French bourgeois revolution and American bourgeois revolution.
Ho Chi Minh's great contribution is broadening the connotation of human rights’ concept. From individual rights in the theories of bourgeois scholars, Ho Chi Minh raised the rights having national characters, the right of all people against oppression.
The humanistic values of Ho Chi Minh's thought on human rights have profound implications for the development and implementation of legal documents in Vietnam.
From the history of nation-building and national defense, the Vietnamese people has proved a truth "There is nothing more precious than independence and freedom".
Today, as an independent nation owning its sovereign and also an active member of the United Nations, Vietnam, together with the other nations in the world, has been building a world of peace and security with mutual understanding and respect for international standards of human rights.
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