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Understanding human rights - Key Questions 1
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What are human rights?
The following activity explores what you currently know about human rights.
Look at each of the statements below. Place a tick in the appropriate box to indicate whether you think the statement is true, false, or if you aren’t sure.
Statement |
True |
False |
Not sure |
1. There are rights which every person has and which cannot be taken away
from them |
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2. There are responsibilities which go with every right |
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3. The individual is the most important unit in society and has to come
first |
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4. The group is the most important unit in society and has to come
first |
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5. Rights must ultimately be consistent with religious principles |
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6. People have basic economic rights |
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7. People have basic obligations towards the environment |
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8. Within a society there may be special Indigenous people’s
rights |
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9. Basic rights can never be taken away |
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10. All people have equal rights |
Make some notes here about any of the statements where you answered ‘not sure’. Would you need to change the wording of any of the statements to make them easier to identify as ‘true’ or ‘false’?
