Human rights key terms

Question 1

Censorship

Answer 1

The practice of suppressing and limiting access to materials considered obscene, offensive or a threat to security.

People may also be restricted in their speech by censorship laws.

Question 2

Discrimination

Answer 2

Acts of treating groups of people or individuals differently, based on prejudice.

Question 3

Human rights

Answer 3

The basic entitlements of all human beings, afforded to them simply because they are human.

Question 4

Extremism

Answer 4

Believing in and supporting ideas that are very far from what most people consider correct or reasonable.

Question 5

Personal conviction

Answer 5

Something a person strongly feels or believes in.

Question 6

Prejudice

Answer 6

Judging people to be inferior or superior without cause - Pre-judging.

Question 7

Absolute poverty

Answer 7

An acute state of deprivation, whereby a
person cannot access the most basic of their human needs.

Question 8

Relative poverty

Answer 8

A standard of poverty measured in relation to the standards of a society in which a person lives, e.g. living on less than X% of average UK income.

Question 9

Social justice

Answer 9

Promoting a fair society by challenging injustice and valuing diversity.

Ensuring that everyone has equal access to provisions, equal opportunities and rights.