human rights

     

Human rights refers to the "basic rights an freedoms to which all humans are entitled." Examples of rights and freedoms which are often thought of as human rights include civil and political rights, such as the right to life and liberty, freedom of expression, and equality before the law; and social, cultural and economic rights, including the right to participate in culture, the right to food, the right to work, and the right to education.

Trivia about human rights

  • By a unanimous vote in 1948, the U.N. adopted a "Universal Declaration of" these
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the United Nations in New York.) Here in the General Assembly in March, 2006, the U.N. established a new council on these; the old commission on them had a bad name, with members like Sudan & Libya
  • A commission on it chaired by Eleanor Roosevelt led to Dec. 10 becoming this 2-word "Day"