human rights
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Summary
human rights is a convention[1]. It ranks in the top 0.8% of convention entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19,494 views/month, #2 of 250).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: social movement[3], type of value[4], academic discipline[5]
- Main regulatory text: European Convention on Human Rights[6]
- Subclass of: rights[7], convention[8]
- Part of: international law[9]
- Commons category: Human rights[10]
- Foundational text: Universal Declaration of Human Rights[11]
- Has part(s): human rights in Islam[12], right to life[13]
- Topic's main category: Category:Human rights[14]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Human rights[15]
- Described by source: Der Volks-Brockhaus[16], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[17], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[18]
- Partially coincident with: civil liberties[19], civil rights[20], civil and political rights[21]
- Topic has template: Template:Substantive human rights[22], Template:Human rights[23]
- Hashtag: StandUp4HumanRights[24]
- Studied by: social philosophy[25], philosophical anthropology[26]
- Practiced by: human rights defender[27]
- Wikimedia import URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights[28]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[29], Art+Feminism[30]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for human rights include Way of Human Rights[31], a sculpture[32], in Germany[33], founded in 1989[34]; Human rights defenders tulip[35], an it award[36], in Netherlands[37], founded in 2008[38]; and International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims[39], a world day[40], founded in 2011[41].
Why It Matters
human rights has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]
It has been cited as an influence by social justice[44], an essentially contested concept[45], founded in 1840[46] and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel[47], a publishing house[48], in Israel[49], founded in 1988[50], headquartered in Tel Aviv[51].
Entities named for it include Way of Human Rights[31], a sculpture[32], in Germany[33], founded in 1989[34]; Human rights defenders tulip[35], an it award[36], in Netherlands[37], founded in 2008[38]; and International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims[39], a world day[40], founded in 2011[41].
FAQs
Who did human rights influence?
human rights has been cited as an influence by social justice[44] and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel[47].