Human rights

Human rights refers to the concept of human beings as having universal rights, or status, regardless of legal jurisdiction, and likewise other localizing factors, such as ethnicity and nationality.

See also

Similar topics

• Civil rights
• Inalienable rights
• Natural rights
• Rights

General

• International human rights instruments
• Human rights abuse
• Three generations of human rights
• Human rights education
• Social justice
• Slavery
• Democratic ideals
• International Day of the Disappeared

Human rights organisations

• Amnesty International
• ARTICLE 19
• Carter Center
• Forum 18
• Freedom House
• Human Rights Campaign
• Human Rights Watch
• International Freedom of Expression Exchange
• International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights
• Memorial (society)
• Montagnard Foundation
• Network Against Prohibition
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
• Southern Poverty Law Center

Country-specific articles

Africa

• South Africa: Human rights in South Africa
• Sudan: Human rights in Sudan
• Uganda: Human rights in Uganda
• Zimbabwe: Human rights in Zimbabwe
• Note: Citizens of the African nations are provided supranational human rights protection by the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights.

Americas

• Brazil: Human rights in Brazil
• Canada: Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms makes mention of essential human rights
• Cuba: Human rights in Cuba
• Mexico: Human rights in Mexico
• Peru: APRODEH
• USA: Human rights in the United States
• Note: Citizens of the American nations enjoy varying degrees of supranational human rights protection from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.

Related Topics:
Canada - Notwithstanding - Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

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The notwithstanding clause is an "override" clause in principle. If the provinces want to make a law that conflict with the Charter, the provinces use the notwithstanding clause to override the Charter. This ensures that the law is active, although it conflicts with the Charter. You can try researching Quebec's (a province) 101 bill. Also Quebec's law that makes Quebec's only official language French, in contrast to English and French in all the other provinces in Canada.

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