Human rights

Description

Enjoying all nationally and internationally recognized rights that are accorded to people by virtue of their humanity alone, such as human rights as recognized by the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), the United Nations Standard Rules for the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities (1993), and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006); the right to self-determination or autonomy; and the right to control over one's destiny.

Index terms

Human rights
Enjoying human rights

Excludes

VW6Y – Political life and citizenship

Sibling codes

VW60 – Recreation and leisure
VW6Y – Other specified community, social and civic life
VW6Z – Community, social and civic life, unspecified

Foundation entity

Human rights – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1746217192

Part of: V: Supplementary section for functioning assessment