人権
Meanings
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human rights; civil liberties
Broad term covering fundamental rights and freedoms; used in legal, political, and everyday contexts.
Everyone's human rights should be respected.
That law constitutes a human rights violation.
Usage patterns
- 〈人〉の人権を守るto protect someone's human rights
The government has a responsibility to protect the human rights of ethnic minorities.
- 人権を尊重するto respect human rights
Every country should respect human rights.
- 人権を侵害するto violate human rights
The policy was criticized for violating human rights.
- 人権が侵害されるfor human rights to be violated (passive)
During the war, the human rights of many people were violated.
- 人権について考えるto think about human rights
There was a class at school for thinking about human rights.