#human rights

Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#human rights #rights #women

As corollaries to the right of every individual to life and to full participation in society, the Declaration incorporated in the list of human rights the right to work and a certain number of economic, social, and cultural rights. ↗

— Rene Cassin

#cultural #declaration #economic #every #full

The single outstanding exception was the broad yet precise mandate communicated by the General Assembly in 1946 to prepare as soon as possible the Charter of Human Rights which the San Francisco Conference had not had the time or the courage to draw up. ↗

— Rene Cassin

#broad #charter #communicated #conference #courage

We have a human rights interest. Then there is the immigration problem. The human-rights violations have caused people to take to boats and flood not only the United States, but other countries in the region, creating great instability. ↗

— Warren Christopher

#caused #countries #creating #flood #great

If the U.N. were to be successful in its efforts to control the Internet, countries where human rights records range from questionable to criminal could be put in charge of determining what is and is not allowed to appear online. ↗

— John Doolittle

#appear #charge #control #could #countries

There is no room for legal hair-splitting when it comes to the humane treatment of detainees - not in a nation founded on the rule of law and respect for human rights. ↗

— Dick Durbin

#detainees #founded #human #human rights #humane

To me, a feminist belongs in the same category as a humanist or an advocate for human rights. I don't see why someone who's a feminist should be thought of differently. ↗

— Suzanne Vega

#belongs #category #differently #feminist #human

The idea of cultural relativism is nothing but an excuse to violate human rights. ↗

— Shirin Ebadi

#excuse #human #human rights #idea #nothing

Human rights is a universal standard. It is a component of every religion and every civilization. ↗

— Shirin Ebadi

#component #every #human #human rights #religion

When we criticize in Iran the actions of the government, the fundamentalists say that we and the Bush Administration are in the same camp. The funny thing is that human rights activists and Mr. Bush can never be situated in the same group. ↗

— Shirin Ebadi

#activists #administration #bush #bush administration #camp