What is human rights?
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Human rights refers to the concept of human beings as having universal rights, or status, regardless of legal jurisdiction or other localizing factors, such as ethnicity and nationality.
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It is a list of international laws laid down by the UN council, it gives the fundamental rights which each human being deserves, including freedom of speech and education.  UN countries must work towards providing these rights for their citizens.
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Amnesty International's vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards. \n\nIn pursuit of this vision, AI's mission is to undertake research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights. \n\nAI is independent of any government, political ideology, economic interest or religion. It does not support or oppose any government or political system, nor does it support or oppose the views of the victims whose rights it seeks to protect. It is concerned solely with the impartial protection of human rights. \n\nAI has a varied network of members and supporters around the world. At the latest count, there were more than 1.8 million members, supporters and subscribers in over 150 countries and territories in every region of the world. Although they come from many different backgrounds and have widely different political and religious beliefs, they are united by a determination to work for a world where everyone enjoys human rights. \n\nAI is a democratic, self-governing movement. Major policy decisions are taken by an International Council made up of representatives from all national sections. \n\nAI's national sections and local volunteer groups are primarily responsible for funding the movement. No funds are sought or accepted from governments for AI's work investigating and campaigning against human rights violations.
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There isn't really any such thing as "human rights laws" per se. There is the UN Declaration of Human Rights, which many countries have signed, but is non-binding. That's as close as you could really get.
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Looks like another "do my homework" question.\n\nInstead, I'll help you with your research. Unfortunately, you left out the part about WHICH human rights act. However, since you mention European, I'm going to guess EU. \n\nHere's a place you might start: http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/issues/human-rights-act.shtml
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Nobody can have absolute rights and freedoms even in the most democratic society.  That's because people's rights and freedoms often conflict with each other, and you need to have respect for everyone's rights and freedoms equally.\n\nIf you are hungry and you have a right to eat, this doesn't mean that you can rob a food store and eat all you want because such action would violate another person's right to have private property.  And it's like that with all rights and freedoms.  \n\nYour rights and freedoms are not restricted as long as you don't interfere with other people's rights and freedoms.  But when there is a conflict between rights and freedoms of two or more individuals, then you need laws which specify what you can and cannot do.
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Unfortunately the humans are victims of humans.\nOne human has acquired the responsibility to allow or not the rights to another.\nDefinition varies from place to place, citizen to citizen.\nThese are important to those who want their rights but does not matter for those who haves to respect these rights.
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http://www.un.org/rights/\nhttp://www.hrw.org/\nhttp://www.hrweb.org/\nhttp://www.hri.ca/index.aspx
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human rights. as specified by the Geneva conventions that the us is supposed to uphold. even though we don't, but we can work on that.\nas for other rights like help from our government, school, tax breaks, ect, i say no.
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No. The European Convention on Human Rights is just unfairly scapegoated by politicians for administrative failings in their own departments.\n\nTake the case of the 9 Afghans who hijacked a plane in May after it left Afghanistan, ordering pilots to fly to London. The courts subsequently ruled that the hijackers could not be deported because they would be at risk of ill treatment. That decision was nothing to do with the Human Rights Act.\n\nThe European Convention on Human Rights was signed into British Law voluntarily anyway. Why Government ministers feel the need to openly critisise a law that for the first time in UK history enshrined the rights to freedom of speech, thought and association into law, and has dramitically improved equality for many including disabled people is beyond me.
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The concept that people have this *right* is an ethical question and I support the position that all have this right.\n\nWhether people actually have it is a legal question based on the laws of their country. China, for example, has government policies in place that restrict the information the inhabitants can freely receive.\n\nIn India, there are domestic rights organizations that are vigilant in protecting and preserving the citizens perceived rights including that of information. (1)\n\nEvery country has a segment that would restrict information and any of the other qualities that are considered *rights*. Regardless of political party there are essentially two kinds of people; those who wish controls and those who do not want controls.
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"The new constitution contains human rights provisions, although their practical effect had not come fully into play since most provisions depended on implementing still-ongoing legislative and institutional changes."\n\nFor a full breakdown, see here:  http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/060322/2006032221.html
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Human Rights Watch is one organization that focuses on those issues worldwide.  So does Amnesty International.  \n\nMy favorite, though, is Freedom House, which reports on issues everywhere, rates freedom levels in each country, and updates frequently.
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'Natural' rights are those freedoms which we believe or arrange statutorily to be the same for all persons. This is an often misunderstood concept attributed to morality and religion. In reality, though, ALL rights which we have in society are statutory, in other words, determined by laws (either written or assumed rules). In quid-pro-quo fashion, we agree to behave as civilized people in exchange for the protection of societal advantages, such as not being killed for frivolous reasons, not being treated as less than other individual humans, etc. The strength of individual rights in a particular country hinges upon the overall integrity of that country's laws and communities, and resources to provide adequate living conditions for it's people. In other words, if a country is relatively stable and sustainable, its people will be able to maintain social contracts within it. If a community, province, country, or world has instabilities in supplies, overpopulation, inadequate legal structure or unbalanced power/trade, then the variations in resources, weapons, or attitudes will affect the ability of people within and around that area to conduct normal relations and enter into agreements on a fair basis, whether competitively or cooperatively.
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There is no universal definition of Human Rights. There should be but due to dictatorships in different countries and war etc some countries don't even care about human rights. As sad as this is it is unfortunately true.
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general principle: article 6 and 11 of the Maastricht threaty.\ncharter of fundamental rights (that is more a declaration of principles).\nthe Court of justice also protect human rights with his jurisprudence
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U.S. is definately at the top of the list. But what gets me is all these people using emotinalism and saying that "human rights" are being violated.  How is it a violation of human rights to tell people who entered this country illegally, got jobs, and basically are squatters and cheaters that at long last, YOU MUST DO THE RIGHT THING!  \n\nI think they do not understand what the definition of "Human Rights" is.  They are not being treated inhumanely, they are actually fortunate. Because they are being treated as any other American Citizen who breaks the law.  ACTUALLY they are being treated BETTER than any other American Citizen who breaks the law.  How many U.S. citizens do you know, can break the law, admit to it, protest about it....and not be punished unless or until congress decides to re-write the law in an effort to be as fair to THEM as possible.  Come on!  Just because they took low paying jobs and work hard at them, does not mean that they are free to break the law.  And if we allow them to do it, then the country they are so eager to live in will cease to be the country it is supposed to be.  \n\nIf what illegal immigrants want to do is to work, raise families, and live in a free society. Then, follow the LEGAL process to do so, learn the language, and the culture, pay your taxes, and become an American the right way!\n\nDon't break the law and then scream victim! You are not victims.  The tax payers who support social programs are victims, the people who migrate to this country and become legal citizens are victims.  Illegal immigrants are people who made a "CHOICE" to do the WRONG thing, and think they should be excused or rewarded for that choice.  I say WAKE UP, take responsibility for your actions, and GET LEGAL or leave.