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"Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness" is a well-known phrase from the United States Declaration of Independence. [1] The phrase gives three examples of the unalienable rights which the Declaration says have been given to all humans by their Creator , and which governments are created to protect.
Contrary to the broad position taken in jurisdictions such as Malaysia and the United States, the High Court of Singapore has said that personal liberty only refers to freedom from unlawful incarceration or detention. Article 9(1) states that persons may be deprived of life or personal liberty "in accordance with law". In Ong Ah Chuan v.
31. Right to protection of law 32. Protection of right to life and personal liberty 33. Safeguards as to arrest and detention 34. Prohibition of forced labour 35. Protection in respect of trial and punishment 36. Freedom of movement 37. Freedom of assembly 38. Freedom of association 39. Freedom of thought and conscience, and of speech 40.
Created Date: 8/30/2012 4:52:52 PM
The most notable part of the judgment was its insistence for the right to education to be read as an integral part of the right to life guaranteed under Article 21, Part III. The decision of the Court that the fulfillment of the right to life requires a life of dignity and so must be interpreted to include both the economic and social rights.
Dignity is associated with liberty and freedom. No civilised state can contemplate an encroachment upon life and personal liberty without the authority of law. "Neither life nor liberty are bounties conferred by the State nor does the Constitution create these rights. "The right to life has existed even before the advent of the Constitution.
Our fixation on personal liberty has morphed into disregard for the broader community’s interests that lay at the heart of America’s founding. The Founders would be appalled.
While his life was a bit of a paradox (a slave owner but an abolitionist), his quotes embody his passion for education, liberty, government, law and leadership. And, of course, he loved a good ...