Human rights

Cards (10)

  • Article 25 of the UDHR states that everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of themselves and their family, including food, clothing, housing, medical care, and necessary social services.
  • Censorship
    The practice of suppressing and limiting access to materials considered to be obscene, offensive or a threat to security
  • 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