Human Rights

Cards (9)

  • Censorship
    The practice of suppressing and limiting access to materials considered obscene, offensive or a threat to security. People may also be restricted in their speech by censorship laws.
  • Discrimination
    Acts of treating groups of people, or individuals differently, based on prejudice.
  • Extremism
    Believing in and supporting ideas that are very far from what most people consider correct or reasonable.
  • Human rights
    The basic entitlements of all human beings, afforded to the simply because they are human.
  • Personal conviction
    Something a person strongly feels or believes in.
  • Prejudice
    Pre-judging; judging people to be inferior or superior without cause.
  • Absolute poverty
    An acute state of deprivation, whereby a person cannot access the most basic of their human needs.
  • Relative poverty
    A standard of poverty measured in relation to the standards of a society in which a person lives, e.g. living on less than X% of average UK income.
  • Social justice
    Promoting a fair society by challenging injustice and valuing diversity. Ensuring that everyone has equal access to provisions, equal opportunities and rights.