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HUMAN RIGHTS
What are human rights?
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What do we mean by human rights?
The idea of human rights is as simple as it is powerful: that every person around the world has a right to live a life of dignity and to be treated equally. Hence, human rights are those rights that every person has, simply as a result of being born.
These human rights are codified in international law through:
The International Bill of Human Rights, consisting of the:
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The eight core conventions of the International Labour Organization International Labour Organization (ILO) as set out in the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work.
These rights apply to everyone, irrespective of:
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There are other human rights instruments dealing with specific topics (such as racial discrimination) or the rights of specific groups such as:
and the UNGPs for BUSINESSES ALL OVER THE WORLD
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WHICH ARE BASED ON THREE PILLARS
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