Human rights

Human rights are inherent, universal, indivisible and inalienable. This means that everyone has them, they are the same for everyone, all are equally important, and they can not be taken away. Although a right can not be taken away it can be violated.

Human rights are divided into seven categories:Civil rights  (equality before the law), Political Rights (participate in government, life, liberty), Economic Rights ,Social rights  (education, healthcare), Cultural rights (preserve a cultural identity, language, practices), Environmental Rights (clean drinking water, unpolluted air), and Developmental Rights (the rights of developing countries to control their own resources.)

Human rights are sometimes divided into negative and positive rights.  Negative human rights, which follow mainly from the Anglo-American legal tradition, denote actions that a government should not take.

Human rights means having equal rights without discrimination of any kind, such as colour, sex, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, ancestry or other position.