Human Rights Law Glossary

Important definitions and terminologies used in Human Rights Law

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A

Access to Justice in Human Rights Law
Accession in Human Rights Law
Accountability in Human Rights Law
Advocacy in Human Rights Law
Affirmative action in Human Rights Law
African Charter on Human and People’s Rights in Human Rights Law
Age Discrimination in Human Rights Law
American Convention on Human Rights in Human Rights Law
Antisemitism in Human Rights Law
Apartheid in Human Rights Law
Arab Charter of Human Rights in Human Rights Law
Arbitrary Detention in Human Rights Law
Arbitration in Human Rights Law
Association in Human Rights Law
Asylum-seeker in Human Rights Law
Autocracy in Human Rights Law

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B

Bill of rights in Human Rights Law

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C

Charter in Human Rights Law
Charter of Fundamental Rights in Human Rights Law
Charter of the United Nations in Human Rights Law
Citizenship in Human Rights Law
Civil and Political Rights in Human Rights Law
Civil rights in Human Rights Law
Civil society in Human Rights Law
Codification, Codify in Human Rights Law
Collective rights in Human Rights Law
Commission on Human Rights in Human Rights Law
Commissioner for Human Rights in Human Rights Law
Competency in Human Rights Law
Conflict management in Human Rights Law
Conflict prevention in Human Rights Law
Conflict resolution in Human Rights Law
Conflict transformation in Human Rights Law
Constitution in Human Rights Law
Convention Against Torture in Human Rights Law
Convention in Human Rights Law
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women in Human Rights Law
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Human Rights Law
Convention on the Rights of the Child in Human Rights Law
Corporate Responsibility in Human Rights Law
Council of Europe in Human Rights Law
Covenant in Human Rights Law
Crimes Against Humanity in Human Rights Law
Crimes against peace in Human Rights Law
Cultural rights in Human Rights Law
Culture in Human Rights Law
Customary international law in Human Rights Law

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D

Death penalty in Human Rights Law
Debriefing in Human Rights Law
Declaration in Human Rights Law
Declaration on the Rights of the Child in Human Rights Law
Democracy in Human Rights Law
Derogation in Human Rights Law
Development in Human Rights Law
Dignity in Human Rights Law
Disability Discrimination in Human Rights Law
Disablism in Human Rights Law
Disappearance in Human Rights Law
Discrimination in Human Rights Law

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E

Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in Human Rights Law
Economic in Human Rights Law
Economic rights in Human Rights Law
Economic, Social, Cultural Rights in Human Rights Law
Empowerment in Human Rights Law
Entering into force in Human Rights Law
Environmental rights in Human Rights Law
Environmental, Cultural, and Developmental Rights in Human Rights Law
Equality in Human Rights Law
European Committee of Social Rights in Human Rights Law
European Convention for the Prevention of Torture or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in Human Rights Law
European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR) in Human Rights Law
European Court of Human Rights in Human Rights Law
European Court of Justice of the European Union in Human Rights Law
European Cultural Convention in Human Rights Law
European Parliament in Human Rights Law
European Social Charter in Human Rights Law
European Union (EU) in Human Rights Law
Evaluation in Human Rights Law
Evolving capacity in Human Rights Law
Extrajudicial Executions in Human Rights Law
Extraterritorial Obligations in Human Rights Law

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F

Facilitator in Human Rights Law
Fascism in Human Rights Law
First-generation rights in Human Rights Law
Formal education in Human Rights Law
Framework convention in Human Rights Law
Freedom from Torture in Human Rights Law
Freedom of Association in Human Rights Law
Freedom of Expression in Human Rights Law
Freedom of Movement in Human Rights Law
Freedom of Religion in Human Rights Law
Fundamental Rights in Human Rights Law

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G

Gender Discrimination in Human Rights Law
Gender in Human Rights Law
Gender mainstreaming in Human Rights Law
Geneva Conventions in Human Rights Law
Genocide in Human Rights Law
Globalisation in Human Rights Law

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H

Hearing in Human Rights Law
High Commissioner for Human Rights in Human Rights Law
HRE in Human Rights Law
Human Rights Committee in Human Rights Law
Human Rights Community in Human Rights Law
Human Rights Council in Human Rights Law
Human Rights Defenders in Human Rights Law
Human rights framework in Human Rights Law
Human rights in Human Rights Law
Humanitarian Intervention in Human Rights Law
Humanitarian law in Human Rights Law

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I

Inalienable in Human Rights Law
Indigenous peoples in Human Rights Law
Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in Human Rights Law
Indivisible in Human Rights Law
Informal education in Human Rights Law
Instruments in Human Rights Law
Intercultural in Human Rights Law
Interdependent in Human Rights Law
Intergovernmental organisations (IGOs) in Human Rights Law
Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs) in Human Rights Law
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Human Rights Law
International Bill of Human Rights in Human Rights Law
International Court of Justice (IJC) in Human Rights Law
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) in Human Rights Law
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in Human Rights Law
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Human Rights Law
International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) in Human Rights Law
International Criminal Court (ICC) in Human Rights Law
International Criminal Court in Human Rights Law
International Humanitarian Law in Human Rights Law
International Labor Organization (ILO) in Human Rights Law
International Labor Organization in Human Rights Law
International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Human Rights Law
International NGO’s in Human Rights Law
International Refugee Law in Human Rights Law
Irregular migration in Human Rights Law

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J

Jurisprudence in Human Rights Law
Justice in Human Rights Law

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L

Laws Protecting Children’s Right in Human Rights Law
Laws Protecting Women’s Right in Human Rights Law
Legal rights in Human Rights Law
LGBT in Human Rights Law
LGBT Rights in Human Rights Law
Liberty in Human Rights Law
Life stance in Human Rights Law

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M

Mediation in Human Rights Law
Member States in Human Rights Law
Migrant in Human Rights Law
Minority in Human Rights Law
Minority Rights in Human Rights Law
Moral rights in Human Rights Law
Multicultural in Human Rights Law

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N

National Commission For Scheduled Castes –NCSC in Human Rights Law
National Commission For Scheduled Tribes –NCST in Human Rights Law
National Commission For Women (NCW) in Human Rights Law
National Human Rights Commission-NHRC in Human Rights Law
Natural rights in Human Rights Law
Negotiation in Human Rights Law
Neo-Nazism in Human Rights Law
Non – Government Organizations in Human Rights Law
Non-formal education in Human Rights Law
Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs) in Human Rights Law
Non-refoulement in Human Rights Law
Nonbinding in Human Rights Law
Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs) in Human Rights Law

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O

Oligarchy in Human Rights Law
Ombudsman in Human Rights Law
Optional Protocol in Human Rights Law
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Human Rights Law

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P

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in Human Rights Law
Participation in Human Rights Law
Peace-building in Human Rights Law
Plutocracy in Human Rights Law
Political rights in Human Rights Law
Positive discrimination in Human Rights Law
Protocol in Human Rights Law

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R

Racial Discrimination in Human Rights Law
Racism in Human Rights Law
Ratification, Ratify in Human Rights Law
Ratification, to ratify in Human Rights Law
Refugee Convention in Human Rights Law
Refugee in Human Rights Law
Refugees Laws in Human Rights Law
Repressive Acts in Human Rights Law
Reproductive Rights in Human Rights Law
Reservation in Human Rights Law
Reservation to Right in the Covenant in Human Rights Law
Responsibility to Protect in Human Rights Law
Right to a Nationality in Human Rights Law
Right to Access to Information in Human Rights Law
Right to Adequate Housing in Human Rights Law
Right to Adequate Standard of Living in Human Rights Law
Right to Culture in Human Rights Law
Right to Development in Human Rights Law
Right to Education in Human Rights Law
Right to Fair Trial in Human Rights Law
Right to Family Life in Human Rights Law
Right to Food in Human Rights Law
Right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent in Human Rights Law
Right to Freedom of Thought and Expression in Human Rights Law
Right to Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion in Human Rights Law
Right to Gender Equality in Human Rights Law
Right to Health in Human Rights Law
Right to Internet Access in Human Rights Law
Right to Land and Property in Human Rights Law
Right to Liberty and Security in Human Rights Law
Right to Life in Human Rights Law
Right to Non-Discrimination in Human Rights Law
Right to Peaceful Assembly in Human Rights Law
Right to Privacy and Data Protection in Human Rights Law
Right to Privacy in Human Rights Law
Right to Safe and Clean Environment in Human Rights Law
Right to Self-Determination in Human Rights Law
Right to Social Security in Human Rights Law
Right to Vote in Human Rights Law
Right to Water in Human Rights Law
Right to Work in Human Rights Law
Role-play in Human Rights Law
Rule of law in Human Rights Law

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S

Second-generation rights in Human Rights Law
Self-Determination in Human Rights Law
Separation of powers in Human Rights Law
Sex in Human Rights Law
Shadow report in Human Rights Law
Signature in Human Rights Law
Signing, Sign in Human Rights Law
Simulation in Human Rights Law
Skill in Human Rights Law
Slavery in Human Rights Law
Social rights in Human Rights Law
Solidarity rights in Human Rights Law
Special Rapporteur in Human Rights Law
Specified Fundamental Right in Human Rights Law
State Human Rights Commission –SHRC in Human Rights Law
State in Human Rights Law
State sovereignty in Human Rights Law
States Party(ies) in Human Rights Law
Stereotype in Human Rights Law
Sustainable Development Goals in Human Rights Law
Sustainable development in Human Rights Law

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T

The Rights of Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) in Human Rights Law
Third-generation rights in Human Rights Law
Tolerance in Human Rights Law
Trade Union in Human Rights Law
Trainer in Human Rights Law
Training in Human Rights Law
Transitional Justice in Human Rights Law
Treaty in Human Rights Law

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