Explain human rights
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Human rights are the basic rights and freedoms that belong to every person in the world, from birth until death. They apply regardless of where you are from, what you believe or how you choose to live your life.
They can never be taken away, although they can sometimes be restricted – for example if a person breaks the law, or in the interests of national security.
These basic rights are based on shared values like dignity, fairness, equality, respect and independence. These values are defined and protected by law. In Britain our human rights are protected by the Human Rights Act 1998.
Human Rights
It concept that all people have self-worth and deserve rights. But there are three types of human rights:
Basic ⇒ Food, shelter and medical care. Work and fair working conditions.
Personal ⇒ Safety and freedom. Salvery snf torture.
Civil ⇒ Personal expression. Thought, religion, and speech.
History of Rights
539 BCE ⇒ Cyrus Cylinder
1215 ⇒ Magna Carta
1791 ⇒ Constitution and Bill of Rights
539 BCE - 1215 CE ⇒ Spread of human rights to different regions
1776 ⇒ Declaration of Independence
Unalienable Rights
Unalienable rights it can't be taken away. Cannot be surrendered, sold, or transferred. Based on early ideas of human rights and natural law.
John Locke
Life, liberty, and property.
Declaration of Independence
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."