A Coherent Approach to Human Rights

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Human rights call upon States to protect vulnerable individuals and groups against oppression. Oppression involves the extreme misuse of State power and includes the commingling of the State machinery with oppressive interest groups. Oppression today also entails the exclusive use of natural and other common resources by these interest groups without respect for the dignity of the poor and the needs of future generations. Human rights have developed in history as a safeguard against these kinds of oppression. Human rights empower vulnerable individuals and groups and impose certain fundamental standards for State activities.

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