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• Human rights — Rights Theoretical distinctions Natural and legal rights Claim rights and liberty rights Negative and positive rights Individual an …   Wikipedia

• Human rights —    Human rights are international legal liberties and privileges possessed by individuals simply by virtue of their being human. Although many cultures and civilizations have developed ideas about the intrinsic worth and dignity of human beings,… …   Historical Dictionary of the Kurds

• human rights — n. The basic rights to which all humans are generally considered to be entitled, which can include life, liberty, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, due process, equal rights, and dignity. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An… …   Law dictionary

• Human Rights —    Human rights are enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations and its Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948). Europe also has its own Convention of Human Rights, which has been ratified by most European countries. The Convention… …   Historical dictionary of the Gypsies

• human rights — noun plural * the rights everyone should have in a society, including the right to express opinions about the government or to have protection from harm: We must continue to stand up for human rights. human rights violation/abuse: A report… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• human rights — pl.n. rights, as the right to organize politically or worship freely, thought of as belonging inherently to each human being and not to be taken away or interfered with by arbitrary or repressive government action …   English World dictionary

• human rights — ► PLURAL NOUN ▪ rights which are believed to belong justifiably to every person …   English terms dictionary

• human rights — fundamental rights, esp. those believed to belong to an individual and in whose exercise a government may not interfere, as the rights to speak, associate, work, etc. [1785 95] * * * Rights that belong to an individual as a consequence of being… …   Universalium

• human rights — For much of the post 1949 period human rights was a taboo subject in the PRC, or dismissed as a bourgeois slogan irrelevant to a socialist society. Towards the late 1970s, however, as a result of both domestic changes and China’s increasing… …   Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture

• human rights — noun plural Usage: often attributive : rights (as freedom from unlawful imprisonment, torture, and execution) regarded as belonging fundamentally to all persons * * * fundamental rights, esp. those believed to belong to an individual and in whose …   Useful english dictionary

• Human rights —    While Russia is a signatory to many international conventions on human rights (including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the European Convention of Human Rights), the country is viewed in certain quarters of the West as a regular …   Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation