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Human rights

2009-03-24T23:10:44Z

Zcallear: corrected grammar

'''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.

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>

This is based on the statement that every person is entitled to "life, liberty and the pursuit of [[property]]", which was altered to "happiness" to avoid conflicts with [[slavery]] (slaves could not own property).

In 1948, the [[United Nations]] issued the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a list of human rights they deem inherent and inviolable.<ref>http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html</ref>

Some of the rights in the UDHR may seem strange or foreign to conservative Americans. For example, Article 23 guarantees all "protection against unemployment", Article 24 guarantees "periodic holidays with pay" for all workers, and Article 25 offers the "right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control".

A number of [[totalitarian]] regimes continue to violate human rights, even when they have ratified the United Nations list.

The UN has done little since the [[Korean War]] to investigate or expose [[human rights]] violations, and in the early 21st century it rebuked America by voting it out of the [[Human Rights Council]].{{fact}}

Many organisations and [[NGO]]s such as [[Amnesty International]], [[Human Rights Watch]], and [[Freedom House]] had abysmal records reporting on and exposing human rights violations during the Soviet era.{{fact}}

==References==

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[[Category:Political Terms]]

Human rights

2009-03-24T23:09:54Z

Zcallear: clarified UDHR, as it hadn't been previously used

'''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.

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>

This is based on the statement that every person is entitled to "life, liberty and the pursuit of [[property]]", which was altered to "happiness" to avoid conflicts with [[slavery]] (slaves could not own property).

In 1948, the [[United Nations]] issued the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a list of human rights they deem inherent and inviolable.<ref>http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html</ref>

Some of the rights in the UDHR may seem strange or foreign to conservative Americans. For example, Article 23 guarantees all "protection against unemployment", Article 24 guarantees "periodic holidays with pay" for all workers, Article 25 offers the "right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control", etc.

A number of [[totalitarian]] regimes continue to violate human rights, even when they have ratified the United Nations list.

The UN has done little since the [[Korean War]] to investigate or expose [[human rights]] violations, and in the early 21st century it rebuked America by voting it out of the [[Human Rights Council]].{{fact}}

Many organisations and [[NGO]]s such as [[Amnesty International]], [[Human Rights Watch]], and [[Freedom House]] had abysmal records reporting on and exposing human rights violations during the Soviet era.{{fact}}

==References==

<references/>

[[Category:Political Terms]]

Human rights

2009-03-24T20:54:54Z

Zcallear: highlighted some of the more negative points of the UN Declaration of Human Rights

'''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.

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>

This is based on the statement that every person is entitled to "life, liberty and the pursuit of [[property]]", which was altered to "happiness" to avoid conflicts with [[slavery]] (slaves could not own property).

The [[United Nations]] issued, in 1948, a [[UDHR|list of human rights]] they deem inherent and inviolable.<ref>http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html</ref>

Some of the rights in the UDHR may seem strange or foreign to conservative Americans. For example, Article 23 guarantees all "protection against unemployment", Article 24 guarantees "periodic holidays with pay" for all workers, Article 25 offers the "right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control", etc.

A number of [[totalitarian]] regimes continue to violate human rights, even when they have ratified the United Nations list.

The UN has done little since the [[Korean War]] to investigate or expose [[human rights]] violations, and in the early 21st century it rebuked America by voting it out of the [[Human Rights Council]].{{fact}}

Many organisations and [[NGO]]s such as [[Amnesty International]], [[Human Rights Watch]], and [[Freedom House]] had abysmal records reporting on and exposing human rights violations during the Soviet era.{{fact}}

==References==

<references/>

[[Category:Political Terms]]

Human rights

2009-03-24T20:42:09Z

Zcallear: removed subtle vandalism using Old Testament death penalty rules to attack Christianity

'''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.

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>

This is based on the statement that every person is entitled to "life, liberty and the pursuit of [[property]]", which was altered to "happiness" to avoid conflicts with [[slavery]] (slaves could not own property).

The [[United Nations]] issued, in 1948, a [[UDHR|list of human rights]] they deem inherent and inviolable.<ref>http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html</ref>

:"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood."
::—Article 1 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights

A number of [[totalitarian]] regimes continue to violate human rights, even when they have ratified the United Nations list.

The UN has done little since the [[Korean War]] to investigate or expose [[human rights]] violations, and in the early 21st century it rebuked America by voting it out of the [[Human Rights Council]].{{fact}}

Many organisations and [[NGO]]s such as [[Amnesty International]], [[Human Rights Watch]], and [[Freedom House]] had abysmal records reporting on and exposing human rights violations during the Soviet era.{{fact}}

==References==

<references/>

[[Category:Political Terms]]