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Human rights universal standards—guidelines that lay out how to respect, protect, and fulfill the equality and dignity of all human beings. It doesn’t matter what gender, race, class, or situation you are born into, the idea is that you are born equal and these are the standards that you can reference to determine if your rights are being fulfilled (or not.)
In the United States, human rights are usually thought of in terms of civil & political rights —like the right to vote, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, right to a fair trial, et cetera…