human rights

== English == === Etymology === From human right +‎ -s (suffix forming plural nouns and pluralia tantum). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌhjuːmən ˈɹaɪtz/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌhjumən ˈɹaɪtz/ Hyphenation: hu‧man rights === Noun === human rights pl (plural only) (international law) The set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed, including the right to life and liberty, freedom of thought and expression, and equality before the law. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:human rights. ==== Coordinate terms ==== civil liberties civil rights ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === human rights plural of human right === Further reading === human rights on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “human rights, n.” under “human, adj. and n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2021. “human right”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.