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Human rights
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Refers to the legal principles, established and supported by custom or international agreement, that recognize the inherent dignity of humans and their equal and unalienable rights, and which impose standards of conduct upon all nations.
Alternative terms
UF
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Basic rights
UF
↸
Civil rights
UF
↸
International human rights
More specific terms
NT1
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Torture
NT1
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Constitutional rights
►
▼
NT2
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Freedom of information
►
▼
NT3
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Censorship
NT3
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Press
►
▼
NT4
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Freedom of the press
NT2
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Freedom of speech
NT2
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Amparo
NT2
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Freedom of the press
NT2
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Habeas corpus
NT2
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Slavery
►
▼
NT3
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Trafficking in persons
NT2
↓
Freedom of religion
NT2
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Right of assembly
NT2
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Right of privacy
NT1
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Slavery
►
▼
NT2
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Trafficking in persons
NT1
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Discrimination
NT1
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Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
NT1
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Right of privacy
NT1
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War crimes
NT1
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Crimes against humanity
NT1
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Genocide
NT1
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Hostages
Related terms
RT
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Rule of law
RT
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Internally displaced persons
RT
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Honor killings
RT
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Prisoners of war
RT
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International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
RT
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Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
RT
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Female circumcision
RT
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Arrest
RT
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Trafficking in persons
RT
⇆
Democratization and democracy
RT
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Legal systems
RT
⇆
Criminal offenders
RT
⇆
Lawyers
RT
⇆
Detention
RT
⇆
Imprisonment
RT
⇆
Prisons
RT
⇆
Conscientious objectors
RT
⇆
International Criminal Court
RT
⇆
Democratization abroad
RT
⇆
Ombudsman
RT
⇆
Children
RT
⇆
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights
RT
⇆
Organization of African Unity
RT
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Organization of American States
RT
⇆
Criminal law
RT
⇆
Transnational corporations
RT
⇆
Offenses against the person
RT
⇆
Women
RT
⇆
Ethnic groups
RT
⇆
Refugees and asylum
RT
⇆
Capital punishment
RT
⇆
Actions and defenses
RT
⇆
Native peoples
RT
⇆
Peacekeeping
RT
⇆
U.N. Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights
RT
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U.N. Commission on the Status of Women
RT
⇆
Child abuse
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حقوق الإنسان
Deutsch
Menschenrechte
Español
Derechos humanos
Français
Droits de l'homme
Italiano
Diritti umani
Português
Direitos humanos
русский язык
Права человека
Date of creation
06-Nov-2011
Accepted term
06-Nov-2011
Descendant terms
9
ARK
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More specific terms
10
Alternative terms
3
Related terms
37
Notes
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