🤝 What Are Human Rights?
5th Grade 🏛️ Civics & Government
Human rights are basic freedoms and protections that every person has, simply because they are human.
For everyone
Human rights belong to all people, no matter where they live, what they look like, what language they speak or what religion they practice.
Examples
The right to life and safety, to be treated equally, to speak freely, to practice your religion, to get an education and to have a fair trial.
A world promise
In 1948, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Eleanor Roosevelt, a former First Lady of the United States, led the group that wrote it. Kids have rights too — written down in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989).
Quick quiz
Who has human rights?
Which American led the writing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
Which is a human right?