Human rights

inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled

right to communicate one's opinions and ideas and right to speak

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state of equal ease of access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender, including economic participation and decision-making

international human rights advocacy and research non-governmental organization

group of people by practices, race, religion, ethnicity, or other characteristics who are fewer in numbers than the main groups of those classifications

international annual celebration of human rights

thumb|195x195px|Weighing scales often symbolize [[equality before the law.]]

legalization of Christianity in the Roman Empire, 313

freedom of an individual to hold or consider a fact, viewpoint, or thought, independent of others' viewpoints

court action challenging unlawful detention

legal principle that one is presumed innocent until proven guilty

civil rights and freedoms that provide individual specific rights

American think tank (1941-)

human right proposed by environmental groups

government-in-exile

right for persons to use reasonable force or defensive force, for the purpose of defending one's own life or the lives of others

political position based on the interests and perspectives of social groups with which people identify

individual connection to the Internet

legal term describing "common well-being" or "general welfare"

thumb|250px|AmeriCorps volunteers, Louisiana, 2005

legal concept

individual who seeks refuge, esp. political asylum, in a foreign country

military intervention for humanitarian reasons

conviction and punishment of a person for a crime they did not commit

body of international law designed to promote human rights

document

bill passed by the U.S. Congress intending to punish Russian officials responsible for the death of Sergei Magnitsky

intricate surveillance of an entire or a substantial fraction of a population

human right that people have the opportunity and security to do things they need

judicial and non-judicial measures implemented in order to redress legacies of human rights abuses or segments of past injustices

framework for addressing climate change

1975 UN theme year

legal doctrine that some acts can be tried regardless of where they occurred, particularly applied to war crimes

education on the topic of human rights

International observance, 30 August

thumb|President Vladimir Putin holding the [[FIFA World Cup Trophy at a pre-tournament ceremony for the 2018 FIFA World Cup hosted in Russia]] Sportswashing is a term used to describe the practice of governments, individuals, corporations, or other groups using sports to improve reputations tarnished by wrongdoing. A form of propaganda, sportswashing can be accomplished through hosting sporting events, purchasing or sponsoring sporting teams, or participating in a sport.

first human rights conference

legal tradition restraining actions threatening individual privacy

set of essays by Thomas Paine

statement or a legal document that discloses some or all of the ways a party gathers, uses, discloses, and manages a customer's or client's data

political concept

legal theory that says that the national debt incurred by a despotic regime should not be enforceable

loss of all or almost all civil rights

annual survey by Freedom House

one of the major approaches to the measurement of absolute poverty in developing countries

Impunity is the ability to act with exemption from punishments, losses, or other negative consequences. In the international law of human rights, impunity is failure to bring perpetrators of human rights violations to justice and, as such, itself constitutes a denial of the victims' right to justice and redress. Impunity is especially common in countries which lack the tradition of rule of law, or suffer from pervasive corruption, or contain entrenched systems of patronage, or where the judiciary is weak or members of the security forces are protected by special jurisdictions or immunities. Im

one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals established by the United Nations in 2015

process by which a business can sue a foreign government (that is party to a free trade agreement), for alleged discriminatory practices

human right

form of law that deals with the rights to use, alienate, or exclude others from land

United Nations human rights expert

status in Roman law

right of people to communicate to government

UN Special Rapporteur

International events sponsored by UNESCO

lack of or inadequate access to affordable and safe menstrual products, hygiene facilities, or menstrual education

freedom of an individual to control their own mental processes

annual campaign against gender based violence

right of voluntary return to or re-enter one's country of origin or of citizenship