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'''Human rights''' are the rights that everyone has simply because they are human beings. America says that people are "endowed by their [[Creator]] with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are [[Life]], [[Liberty]] and the pursuit of [[Happiness]]." [http://www.law.indiana.edu/uslawdocs/declaration.html]
'''Human rights''' are the rights that everyone has simply because they are 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 man is entitled to "life, liberty and the pursuit of [[property]]", but was altered to "happiness" to avoid conflicts with [[slavery]] (slaves could not own property).
The [[United Nations]] and [[Amnesty International]] have developed a list of some thirty human rights they deem inherent and inviolable.<ref>http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html</ref>
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