•Security rights (protectionagainstmurder, massacre, torture and rape)
•Dueprocessrights (protectagainst abuse of the legal system)
•Libertyrights (protectfreedom of belief, association, expression)
•Politicalrights (libertytoparticipate in politicallife)
•Equalityrights (guaranteenondiscrimination)
•Social rights (education, food,)
•Humanrights are internationalnormsthathelptoprotectallpeopleeverywherefromseverepolitical,
legal, and social abuses
•Theyexist as moral and/orlegalrights
•Numerous, ratherthanfew (non abstract)
•Nottranshistorical.
•Minimalstandards (relatedtoavoidingthe terrible, ratherthanachievingthebest)
•International
laws: universal •Hight-prioritynorms
•Theyfocuson a freedom, protection, status orbenefitfortherightholders.
•Adressedtothegovernments of allnations
–Magna Carta (1215)
–English Bill of Rights (1689)
–FrenchDeclarationontheRights of Man and Citizen (1789)
–US Constitution and Bill of Rights (1791)
–19th Century: effortstobanslavery
–Rights of workers
–League of Nations (afterWorldWar I)
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