human rights
Inherent individual liberties
Human rights are fundamental protections and freedoms considered inherent to all people regardless of nationality, race, sex, or other status.
These include rights to life, liberty, and security; freedom from torture and slavery; rights to fair trial, speech, and assembly.
The concept underpins international law and treaties like the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Human rights violations, human rights abuses, and human rights organizations are common collocations.
The term often appears in political discourse: The regime's human rights record is abysmal.
Incapable of being surrendered
- fundamentalForming the base
- indivisibleUnable to be divided
- interdependentRelying on one another
- inherentExisting as essential part
natural · birthright · unconditional · global · international · transcultural · inviolable
Impartial treatment or ownership value
- fairnessJust and equal treatment
- non-discriminationEqual treatment regardless of difference
- inclusivityPractice of welcoming all
- equal opportunityUnbiased chance for all
equal protection · anti-racism · diversity · accessibility · social justice · empowerment · parity · gender equality
Pleading for a cause
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
NGO · volunteer · awareness · petition · civil disobedience · social movement · march · rally
Oral communication ability
- assemblyConstructing from components
- pressApply force downward
- religionSystem of spiritual belief
- movementChange in position
expression · association · privacy · conscience · thought · belief · opinion · worship
Formal public announcement
- charterFounding organizational document
- covenantBinding formal pledge
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- commissionPayment for services rendered
council · ombudsman · rapporteur · monitoring · watchdog · Amnesty International · UNHCR · ICC
Deliberate infliction of suffering
- genocideSystematic annihilation of a people
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
- detentionTemporary official holding
disappearance · trafficking · slavery · atrocity · abuse · discrimination · censorship · imprisonment
Inherent physical or structural makeup
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- conventionAgreed standard of behavior
- statuteEnacted written rule
protocol · court · tribunal · due process · enforcement · judiciary · litigation · prosecution
Regard with honor
- self-worthInternal sense of value
- inherentExisting as essential part
- inviolableImpossible to breach
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
integrity · personhood · compassion · recognition · individuality · identity · decency · empathy
inalienable
Incapable of being surrendered
- fundamentalForming the base
- indivisibleUnable to be divided
- interdependentRelying on one another
inherent · natural · birthright · unconditional · global · international · transcultural · inviolable
equity
Impartial treatment or ownership value
- fairnessJust and equal treatment
- non-discriminationEqual treatment regardless of difference
- inclusivityPractice of welcoming all
equal opportunity · equal protection · anti-racism · diversity · accessibility · social justice · empowerment · parity · gender equality · racial equality
advocacy
Pleading for a cause
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
grassroots · NGO · volunteer · awareness · petition · civil disobedience · social movement · march · rally · solidarity
speech
Oral communication ability
movement · expression · association · privacy · conscience · thought · belief · opinion · worship · petition
declaration
Formal public announcement
- charterFounding organizational document
- covenantBinding formal pledge
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
commission · council · ombudsman · rapporteur · monitoring · watchdog · Amnesty International · UNHCR · ICC
torture
Deliberate infliction of suffering
- genocideSystematic annihilation of a people
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
detention · disappearance · trafficking · slavery · atrocity · abuse · discrimination · censorship · imprisonment · deportation
constitution
Inherent physical or structural makeup
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- conventionAgreed standard of behavior
statute · protocol · court · tribunal · due process · enforcement · judiciary · litigation · prosecution · defense
respect
Regard with honor
- self-worthInternal sense of value
- inherentExisting as essential part
- inviolableImpossible to breach
autonomy · integrity · personhood · compassion · recognition · individuality · identity · decency · empathy · worthiness
- Legal Protectionchild welfare, guardianship, protection, due process, safeguarding
- legal rightshabeas corpus, jury trial, freedom of religion, trial by jury, speedy trial
- life valuesfamily time, health, happiness, spirituality, ethics
- rightscivil liberties, immunity, liberty, constitutional guarantees, fundamental freedoms
- social causesfeminism, charity, environmentalism, volunteering, pacifism
- ethicsmorality, deontology, dignity, sanctity of life, utilitarianism
human rightstyranny
Oppressive, absolute governance
oppression · totalitarianism · authoritarianism · despotism · dictatorship
human rightshuman rights abuses
Violations of fundamental freedoms
human rights violations · dehumanization · slavery · subjugation · persecution
right, human, humans, humane, humanity, rights, inhuman, rightly, rightful