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Rights are legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement; that is, rights are the fundamental normative rules about what is allowed of people or owed to people according to some legal system, social convention, or ethical theory. [1]
19 gru 2005 · Rights structure the form of governments, the content of laws, and the shape of morality as many now see it. To accept a set of rights is to approve a distribution of freedom and authority, and so to endorse a certain view of what may, must, and must not be done.
21 paź 2024 · 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.
7 paź 2024 · Rights are claims or entitlements that individuals or groups can invoke in relation to others or the state, often codified by legal, moral, or social norms. They influence social structures, interactions, and institutions, affecting everything from daily life to broader power dynamics.
Human rights are rights we have simply because we exist as human beings - they are not granted by any state. These universal rights are inherent to us all, regardless of nationality, sex, national or ethnic origin, color, religion, language, or any other status.
A milestone document in the history of human rights, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights set out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected.
7 lut 2003 · Human Rights. First published Fri Feb 7, 2003; substantive revision Fri May 31, 2024. Human rights are norms that aspire to protect all people everywhere from severe political, legal, and social abuses.
