The notion of human rights which is essentially a European concept is relatively new. The idea of common people’s rights against the rulers and privileged classes emerged in eighteenth century Europe with rising capitalist class challenging absolute powers of monarchy and privileged classes. United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 (henceforth UDHR). In the words of the UN, “It represents the universal recognition that basic rights and fundamental freedoms are inherent to all human beings, inalienable and equally applicable to everyone, and that every one of us is born free and equal in dignity and rights.