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human rights
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human rights,
n.pl the legal and moral rights recognized by national and international laws.


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Even if there is no secular ground for the morality of human rights, there doubtless exist self-interested secular reasons for wanting the law, including international law, to protect some human-rights claims.
The morality of human rights: a problem for nonbelievers? by Perry, Michael J. / Commonweal
By definition, only a government can violate human rights, and human-rights violations are usually committed by a government's military or police forces.
Human Rights and Legitimacy in the Foreign Training Mission by Barnes Jr., Colonel Rudolph C. / Special Warfare
State Department issued a directive that no Latin American military member could attend the School of the Americas if they had a history of known human-rights abuses," he says.
School of the Americas critic by Jentzsch, Barbara / The Progressive
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