human rights key concepts

Cards (9)

  • censorship
    the practice of suppressing and limiting access to materials considered to be obscene, offensive or a threat to security. people may also be restricted in their speech by censorship laws
  • discrimination
    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 them 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
  • relative poverty
    a standard of poverty measured in relation to the standards of a society in which a person lives, for example, living on less than a certain percentage of average UK income
  • absolute poverty
    an acute state of deprivation, whereby a person cannot access the most basic of human needs
  • social justice
    promoting a fair society by challenging injustice and valuing diversity. ensuring that everyone has equal access to provisions, equal opportunities and rights