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'''Human rights''' are generally held to be the basic [[rights]] and [[freedom]]s to which all humans are entitled, entirely by virtue of their status as human beings.  

'''Human rights''' are generally held to be the basic [[rights]] and [[freedom]]s to which all humans are entitled, entirely by virtue of their status as human beings.  

==History: 18th and 19th centuries==

==History: 1689 to 1900==

 

The U.S. [[Declaration of Independence]] says that people are "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."  

The U.S. [[Declaration of Independence]] says that people are "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."  

<ref>http://www.law.indiana.edu/uslawdocs/declaration.html</ref>

<ref>http://www.law.indiana.edu/uslawdocs/declaration.html</ref>

The American [[Bill of Rights]] is based on the British Bill of Rights of 1688. The [[French Revolution]] adopted aBill of Rights and the concept spread rapidly through Europe and the colonial empires.  Prime Minister [[William Gladstone]], based British foreign policy in the late 19th century on opposition to violations of human rights, especially in the [[Ottoman Empire]].

The American [[Bill of Rights]] is based on the [{English Bill of Rights]] of 1689. The [[French Revolution]] adopted a [[ Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen‎]] in 1789.

 

In the19th century the concept spread rapidly through Europe and the colonial empires.  Prime Minister [[William Gladstone]], based British foreign policy in the late 19th century on opposition to violations of human rights, especially in the [[Ottoman Empire]].

==20th century==

==20th century==

In the 20th century, secular concepts of human rights proliferated: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; the American Convention on Human Rights; the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights; the European Convention of Human Rights; various UN conferences' declarations on the environment, economic development, AIDS, and other topics; and the Geneva Conventions and their additional protocols.  

In the 20th century, secular concepts of human rights proliferated: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; the American Convention on Human Rights; the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights; the European Convention of Human Rights; various UN conferences' declarations on the environment, economic development, AIDS, and other topics; and the Geneva Conventions and their additional protocols.