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- �� <br />a are uman <br />. ? <br />�'1 S . <br />Human rights can be defined as those basi.c standards without which people <br />cannot live in dignity as human beings. Human rights are the fotandation of <br />freedom, justice and peace. Their respect allows the individual and the <br />community to fully develop. <br />The development of human rights has its roots in the struggle for freedam and <br />equality everywhere in the warld. The basis af human zights — such as respeci <br />for htxman Iife and ht�man �g�.�y �. �an be found in most religions and <br />philosoph�es. <br />They are proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Documen�s <br />� such as the International Covenants on Hum.an Rights set out what gove�rnments <br />must do ar�d also what they must noi do to respect the righ�s of their citizens. <br />Characteristics of human rights: <br />• Human righis do not have to be bought, earned or inherited, they belong to <br />people si.mply because they are human — human z-ights are "inherent' to each <br />individual. <br />• Human rights cannot be taken away, no one has �he ri.ght to deprive another <br />person of ihem for any reason. People still have human rights even when the Iaws <br />of their cour�tries do not recognize them, or when they violate them — for <br />example, when slavery is p�ractised, slaves still have rights even though these <br />rights are being viol.ated — human z-ights are `indivisible'. <br />�� <br />�' <br />