Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Human Rights

The right of the individual to cultural, social, economic, and educational opportunities as provided by society, e.g., right to work, right to education, and right to social security.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

The right of the individual to cultural, social, economic, and educational opportunities as provided by society, e.g., right to work, right to education, and right to social security.

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Synonyms

10 entry terms
  • Collective Human Rights
  • Equal Rights
  • Linguistic Rights
  • Right to Housing and Shelter
  • Rights of Indigenous Peoples
  • Human Rights, Collective
  • Indigenous Peoples Rights
  • Rights, Collective Human
  • Rights, Equal
  • Rights, Linguistic

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8 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

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Previous Indexing

  • Civil Rights (1968-1972)

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  1. I01w.880w.604.473w
  2. N03w.706.437w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Human Rights. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006806. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006806
  2. Human Rights. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights
  3. Human Rights. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8458