Human rights

This set is about Human rights key term that eduqas can ask about

Censorship

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.

Discrimination

acts of treating groups of people, or individuals differently, based on prejudice

Extremism

believing in and 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.

Personal conviction

Something a person strongly feels or believes in

Prejudice

Re-judging; judging people to be inferior or superior without cause

Relative and absolute poverty

Absolute 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.

Social justice

Promoting a fair society by challenging injustice and valuing diversity. Ensuring that everyone has equal access to provisions, equal opportunities and rights