Human Rights Flashcards

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Emigration

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Leaving your homeland to live in another country

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Diversity

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The range of different groups that make up a wider population

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Immigration

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Moving to another country to live

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Minority

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A small part of a larger group if people

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Dual heritage

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People with parents with different origins or ethnic backgrounds

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Convention

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An agreement between governments

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Declaration

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A document setting out aims and intentions

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Human rights

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The things that all people are morally entitled to

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Act

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A law passed by parliament

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Discrimination

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Treating someone unfairly because if their colour, ethnic origins, gender, sexuality or disability

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Legal right

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A right that is protected by the law

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Homophobic

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Fearing or hating homosexuals

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Compensation

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Making amends for a mistake or error usually financially

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Democracy

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Government by the people through elected representatives

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Asylum seeker

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Someone who had applied for protection as a refugee and does not yet know if the country has accepted them

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Suffrage

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The right to vote

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Suffragette

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People who campaigned for women’s right to vote

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CAB

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Citizens advice bureau am organisation that offers free advice on consumer and legal matters

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Offers if fair trading

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A government office they can take action against traders who break the law

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Trade unions

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Organisations that look after the interests of a group of employees