human right

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   (law) any basic right or freedom to which all human beings are entitled and in whose exercise a government may not interfere (including rights to life and liberty as well as freedom of thought and expression and equality before the law)

   Broaderright

   Narrowerright to privacyright to liferight to libertyright to the pursuit of happinessfreedom of thoughtequality before the lawcivil right

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Questions about human right

What does human right mean?

human right means "(law) any basic right or freedom to which all human beings are entitled and in whose exercise a government may not interfere (including rights to life and liberty as well as freedom of thought and expression and equality before the law)".

Is human right a common word?

human right is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.