Issues of human rights Key Concepts

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

Extremism

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Human Rights

Answer 4

• 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.

Question 5

Personal Conviction

Answer 5

Something a person strongly feels or believes in.

Question 6

Prejudice

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Relative Poverty

Answer 7

• 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) percent of average UK income.

Question 8

Absolute Poverty

Answer 8

• An acute state of depravation.
• A person cannot access the most basic of their human needs.

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.