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human rights, plural;
  1. A right that is believed to belong justifiably to every person
    • - a flagrant disregard for basic human rights
    • - communication is a fundamental human right

  1. Human rights are "rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled." Proponents of the concept usually assert that everyone is endowed with certain entitlements merely by reason of being human.
  2. Human Rights was an abolitionist and anti-slavery journal founded by noted American abolitionist Lewis Tappan.
  3. The basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed, such as the right to life and liberty, freedom of thought and expression, and equality before the law
  4. The rights that are considered by most societies to belong automatically to all people, including the rights to justice, freedom, and equality.
  5. Rights of persons to freedom of speech and conscience, equal treatment, work and health, among others, as defined in Universal Declaration adopted by UN in 1948, supplemented by 1960s Covenants on social, economic, political, and civil rights. ...
  6. is the idea of universal rights for every human.
  7. Protection against discrimination on certain grounds by law. See Discrimination.
  8. The fundamental freedoms of conscience and religion, expression, peaceful assembly and association which ensure access to democratic participation and the ability to meet basic human needs.
  9. Human rights are the rights and freedoms that belong to an individual as a consequence of being human. They refer to a wide spectrum of values that are universal in character and established by custom or international agreement which impose standards of conduct on all nations. ...
  10. Human rights are those entitlements the protection of which is regarded as a necessary condition for a fully realised human existence. ...
  11. Apply to all human beings and refer to the basic standards, which people need to live with dignity.  They include things such as the right to life, freedom of thought, food, shelter and communication.
  12. The conditions and expectations to which every person, by virtue of his or her existence as a human being, is entitled.
  13. Universal rights to which every person is entitled because they are justified by a moral standard that stands above the laws of any individual nation; best enunciated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by UN General Assembly resolution 217 A (III) of 10 December 1948
  14. The basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled regardless of race, nationality, or membership of any particular social group. They specify the minimum conditions for human dignity and a tolerable quality of life. ...
  15. Human rights affirm and protect the right of every individual to live and work without discrimination and harassment. ...
  16. Liberal discourse lately favoured by the managers of the new world order, not least the military humanists of NATO and the Pentagon who use it, arbitrarily of course, as a Trojan horse for intervention worldwide, by land, sea, air and, soon no doubt, space – mercy by any means necessary.
  17. standards or expectations held to be common to all
  18. Human rights are freedoms that are enjoyed by all people, simply because they are human. Human rights are supposed to apply equally to all people regardless or characteristics such as age, race, or gender. ...
  19. Related entry: United Nations Convention on the Abolition of Slavery
  20. Knowing about human rights and understanding their breadth and universality.
  21. The rights people are entitled to simply because they are human beings, irrespective of their citizenship, nationality, race, ethnicity, language, gender, sexuality, or abilities; human rights become enforceable when they are Codified as Conventions, Covenants, or Treaties, or as they become ...
  22. The rights of individuals within society, which of course depend upon the particular society. As one would expect, however, bourgeois thinkers attempt to portray the rights which obtain for the bourgeoisie under the capitalist system—including the right to exploit other people—as the set of ...
  23. Those rights granted by men and capable of being withdrawn by men as outlined in the U.N.’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights. (Article 29 “These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations. ...
  24. The inalienable and just claims of all humans.
  25. Universal legal guarantees for all human beings, set out in international standards, protecting human dignity and fundamental freedoms and privileges. Human rights cannot be waived or taken away.