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15 Cards in this Set
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Human rights
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are the standards of treatment and equal opportunity for everyone so they can have fair, free and peaceful lives.
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Human rights commission
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advises government on Human Rights issues, answers inquiries from the public and investigates cases of unlaeful discrimination.
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Commissioner for children
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Protects the rights of children and investigates cases of child abuse such as bullying in schools.
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Repression
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Restrain or keep under control.
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Prejudice
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intolerance or hatred of other races
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Discrimination
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to treat differently, generally unfavorably due to prejudice.
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Conscience
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a sense of what is right, wrong, good or bad.
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Amnesty International
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helps free people in prison because of their beleifs in social justice (conscience).
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Social Justice
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based on United Nations Human Rights declaration.
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Torture
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inflict or give bodily pain.
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Genocide
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The extermination (killing) of a race.
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Racism
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The beleif that one race is superior to another and judging people on skin colour.
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Sexual harassment
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Upsetting a person with unwanted actions or words to do with sex.
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Disability discrimination
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treating people unfairly because they have a disability such as being blind, deaf etc.
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Terrorism
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Actual or threatend use of violence to acheive political goals.
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