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toleration
thumb|Sculpture Für Toleranz ("for tolerance") by Volkmar Kühn, [[Gera, Germany ]]
Toleration is the act of permitting an action, idea, object, or person that one dislikes or disagrees with. Political scientist Andrew R. Murphy explains that "We can improve our understanding by defining 'toleration' as a set of social or political practices and 'tolerance' as a set of attitudes." Random House Dictionary defines tolerance as "a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, beliefs, practices, racial or ethnic origins, etc., differ from one's own". The Merriam-Webster Dic

self-determination
Self-determination refers to a people's right to form its own political entity, and internal self-determination is the right to representative government with full suffrage.
freedom of thought
freedom of an individual to hold or consider a fact, viewpoint, or thought, independent of others' viewpoints
right to life
the principal human right, on which all others are based, and which every human being has simply by virtue of existing and being alive.
freedom of information
freedom of a person or people to publish and consume information

ageism
thumb|upright|Robert N. Butler, founding director of the [[National Institute on Aging who coined the term "ageism"]]
Ageism is a type of discrimination based on one's age, generally used to refer to age-based discrimination against elderly people. The term was coined in 1969 by Robert Neil Butler to describe this discrimination, building on the terminology of sexism and racism. Butler defined ageism as a combination of three connected elements: negative attitudes towards old age and the ageing process, discriminatory practices against older people, and institutional practices and policies tha
right to education
universal entitlement to education
freedom of assembly
right to form social or political groups and hold meetings
caste system in India
class in Hindu society
internet access
individual connection to the Internet
cultural genocide
purposeful destruction of the culture and value system of an ethnic group
right to housing
economic and social right
right to food
human right protecting the right of people to feed themselves in dignity
right to die
freedom to end one's life
freedom of association
type of public freedom allowing the exercise of fundamental civil rights by groups of individuals
freedom of movement
right of individuals to travel from place to place, that imply freedom of no movement, that is freedom to choose residence. The movement also include going across a frontier.
stateless nation
ethnic/national minority that does not possess its own state and is not the majority population in any nation state
right to property
the human right to own property
right to a fair trial
civil and human right
right to work
concept that newly hired employees may violate closed shop agreements between employee unions and employers
legal aid
type of legal service
religious toleration
religious tolerance
solitary confinement
strict form of imprisonment
right to Internet access
concept of usage of Internet services as part of citizenship
equal pay for equal work
concept of labor rights that individuals in the same workplace be given equal pay
right to keep and bear arms
right guaranteed in certain jurisdictions
right to clothing
human right
right to petition
right of people to communicate to government
universal access to education
ability of all people to have equal opportunity in education, regardless of their social class, gender, ethnicity background or physical and mental disabilities
patients' rights
set of principles to protect the interest of those receiving medical care.
Housing First
innovation in human service programs and social policy regarding treatment of the homeless
adultism
Adultism is a bias or prejudice against children or youth. It has been defined as "the power adults have over children", or the abuse thereof, as well as "prejudice and accompanying systematic discrimination against young people", and "bias towards adults... and the social addiction to adults, including their ideas, activities, and attitudes". It can be considered a subtype of ageism, or prejudice and discrimination due to age in general.
security of person
a basic entitlement guaranteed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations in 1948
intersex human rights
legal recognition of civil and human rights for intersex people
freedom of education
freedom
Equal Pay Day
Right to leisure
economic, social and cultural right
prisoners' rights
rights of detainees
Freedom from discrimination
fetal rights
moral or legal rights of the human fetus
right to science and culture
human right described in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
right to homeland
human right
psychiatric survivors movement
movement of those affected by psychiatric abuse
sex characteristics
legal term
Substantive rights
type of legal rights