human_right (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *human right*:
NOUN	attribute	human right	(law) any basic right or freedom to which all human beings are entitled and in whose exercise a government may not interfere (including rights ... / rights to life and liberty as well as freedom of thought and expression and equality before the law)

English > *human right*: 1 sense > noun 1, attribute
Meaning	(law) any basic right or freedom to which all human beings are entitled and in whose exercise a government may not interfere (including rights ... / rights to life and liberty as well as freedom of thought and expression and equality before the law).
Category	law, jurisprudence	The collection of rules imposed by authority
Narrower	civil right	Right or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship including especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the 13th and 14th amendments and subsequent acts of Congress including the right to legal and social and economic equality
	equality before the law	The right to equal protection of the laws
	freedom of thought	The right to hold unpopular ideas
	right to liberty	The right to be free
	right to life	The right to live
	right to privacy	Right to be free of unsanctioned intrusion
	right to the pursuit of happiness	The right to try / try to find happiness
Broader	right	An abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature
Spanish	derecho humano, derechos humanos
Catalan	dret humà, drets humans

HyperDic: human_right