Flashcards
HumanRights KeyWords
Cards in this deck (8)
- 1Censorshipthe 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. - 2Discriminationacts of treating groups of people, or individuals differently,
based on prejudice - 3Extremismbelieving in and supporting ideas that are very far from
what most people consider correct or reasonable. - 4Human rightsthe basic entitlements of all human beings, afforded to
them simply because they are human. - 5Personal convictionsomething a person strongly feels or believes in
- 6Prejudicepre-judging; judging people to be inferior or superior
without cause - 7Relative and absolute povertyabsolute poverty - an acute state of deprivation, whereby a
person cannot access the most basic of their human needs.
relative poverty - 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. - 8Social justicepromoting a fair society by challenging injustice and valuing
diversity. Ensuring that everyone has equal access to
provisions, equal opportunities and rights.