Human Rights Key Vocab Flashcards
Censorship
The practice of supressing and limiting access to materials considered obscene, offensive or a threat to security. People may also be restricted in their speech by censorship laws.
Discrimination
Acts of treating groups of people or individuals differently, based on prejudice.
Extremism
Believing in supporting ideas that are very far from what most people consider correct or reasonable.
Human Rights
The basic entitlements of all human beings, afforded to them simply because they are human. An example of human rights as stated in the Declaration of Human Rights is that all people should receive an education.
Personal Conviction
Something a person strongly feels or believes in.
Prejudice
Pre - judging; judging people to be inferior or superior without cause.
Relative Poverty
A standard of poverty measured in relation to the standards of a society in which a person lives, for example, living on less than x per cent than the average UK income.
Absolute Poverty
An acute state of deprivation, whereby a person cannot access the most basic of their human needs.
Social Justice
Promoting a fair society by challenging injustice and valuing diversity. Ensuring everyone has equal access to provisions, equal opportunities and rights.
Dignity
Being worthy of honour or respect.
Empowerment
Authority or power given to someone to do something.
Oppressed
Governed or treated with cruelty or injustice.
Agape
Unconditional love.
Islamophobic
Hostile or prejudiced against Muslims.
Mission
Calling of a religious organisation, especially a Christian one, to go out into the world and spread its faith.
Evangelise
To try and convert someone to a different religion (usually Christianity).
Conversion
Changing one’s religion or belief’s.
Marginalised
Put in place of little importance.
Racism
Racism is discrimination against people on the basis of their race.
Apartheid
A system of segregating people by races, which was used in South Africa.
