Nineteenth International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences

Abstract

This research is a quantitative study which determined the level of human rights awareness among the Maritime students as basis for an action plan. Majority of the Maritime students have strong level of awareness as to their human rights in the Philippines, particularly on the civil, cultural, economic, educational, legal, political, social, and international rights. However, as to their knowledge on the human rights violations, the majority of them do not possess a strong level of awareness on the following statements: Only the state or government can protect our human rights; Rich people have more rights than the poor; The government gives us our human rights; and that People in a country die because they have no money to buy food. To maintain the quality level of awareness among the Maritime students as to their human rights, a regular and scheduled awareness seminars and fora must be conducted to acquaint and update the knowledge of the respondents, especially on the contemporary human rights controversies. Specifically, an action must be crafted by the pertinent offices in the university to solidify the Maritime students’ human rights awareness.