human rights
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- U. S. Department of State - Human Rights
- Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Human Rights
- The History Learning Site - Human Rights
- Cornell University Law School - Human rights
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Human Rights
- Social Sciences Libretexts - Human Rights
- Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights - United Nations Human Rights - Human Rights
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human rights, rights that belong to an individual or group of individuals simply for being human, or as a consequence of inherent human vulnerability, or because they are requisite to the possibility of a just society. Whatever their theoretical justification, human rights refer to a wide continuum of values or capabilities thought to enhance human agency or protect human interests and declared to be universal in character, in some sense equally claimed for all human beings, present and future. It is a common observation that human beings everywhere require the realization of diverse values or capabilities to ensure their individual ...(100 of 15274 words)