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Human Rights in Brief
March 2008
In all civilized nations, attempts are made to define and buttress human rights. The core of the concept is the same everywhere: Human rights are the rights that one has simply because one is human. They are universal and equal. Human rights are also inalienable. They may be suspended, rightly or wrongly, at various places and times, but the idea of inherent rights cannot be taken away. One can no more lose these rights than one can stop being a human being.
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In Support of Human Rights
The conviction that each and every person has rights seems to reside deep in the mind and spirit of human beings - in those who lived centuries ago, and in those who today live in places as far apart as China, Mexico, and South Africa.