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- | '''Human rights''' are [[Morality|moral]] principles or [[Norm (social)|norms]] that describe certain standards of human behaviour, and are regularly protected as [[legal rights]] in national and [[international law]]. They are commonly understood as inalienable fundamental [[rights]] "to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being," regardless of their nation, location, language, religion, ethnic origin or any other status. | + | '''Human rights''' are the basic [[rights]] and [[freedom]]s for all humans. Examples of rights and freedoms which are often thought of as human rights include civil and political rights, such as the right to [[life]] and [[liberty]], [[freedom of expression]], and [[equality before the law]]; and social, cultural and economic rights, including the right to participate in [[culture]], the [[right to work]], and the right to [[education]]. [[Image:Magna Carta.jpg|250px|thumb|right|''[[Magna Carta]]'' or "Great Charter" was one of the world's first documents containing commitments by a [[sovereign]] to his people to respect certain [[Law|legal]] rights]] |
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+ | {{quote|All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.|||Article 1 of the [[United Nations]] [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]] (UDHR) | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
- | * [[Children's rights]] | + | |
- | * [[Fundamental rights]] | + | |
- | * [[Human rights in cyberspace]] | + | |
- | * [[Human rights group]] | + | |
- | * [[Human rights literature]] | + | |
- | * [[Human Rights Watch]] | + | |
- | * [[International human rights law]] | + | |
- | * [[International human rights instruments]] | + | |
- | * [[Intersex human rights]] | + | |
* [[List of human rights organisations]] | * [[List of human rights organisations]] | ||
- | * [[LGBT rights]] | + | * [[Global governance]] |
- | * [[Minority rights]] | + | * [[Human Responsibilities]] |
- | * [[Public international law]] | + | * [[Freedom (political)]] |
- | *[[International Year of Human Rights]] | + | * [[Discrimination]] |
- | *[[European Court of Human Rights]] | + | |
- | * [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]] | + | |
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"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." --second paragraph of the United States Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson |
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{{quote|All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.|||Article 1 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
See also
- List of human rights organisations
- Global governance
- Human Responsibilities
- Freedom (political)
- Discrimination
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