Human rights

Human rights are rights and freedoms that all people should have.

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.

— Article 1 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)^[1]

Today, the ideas of human rights are protected as legal rights in national and international law.^[2] They are seen as universal, which means they are meant for everyone, no matter what their race, religion, ethnicity, nationality, age, sex, political beliefs (or any other kind of beliefs), intelligence, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity are.

Every person has all of these rights, it is not possible to only grant some of them:

All human rights are universal, indivisible and interdependent and related. The international community must treat human rights globally in a fair and equal manner, on the same footing, and with the same emphasis.

— Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, World Conference on Human Rights, 1993

1. ↑ UDHR 1948 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFUDHR1948 (help)
2. ↑ Nickel 2010 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFNickel2010 (help)