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human rights

vr.tr.human-rights · INF.MED

Let an agent explain human rights instruments and mechanisms, help people find where to seek help or report violations, and describe specific situations with attributed sources and neutral language.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

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Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain human rights instruments and mechanisms, help people find where to seek help or report violations, and describe specific situations with attributed sources and neutral language.

Rights inherent to all human beings regardless of nationality, sex, origin, religion or other status, set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and treaties such as the ICCPR and ICESCR, and protected by international bodies, regional courts and national law; they include civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights and the rights of specific groups such as Indigenous peoples and people with disabilities.

What it is for: Protecting human dignity and freedom.

It can be explain key instruments and rights; find complaint and reporting mechanisms; describe the situation in a country with attributed reports; find human rights organisations.

Distinguishing features

Universal and inalienable

Codified in treaties

Monitored internationally

Enforced unevenly

What it looks like

Not physical; declarations, treaties, courts and organisations.

How it is recognised

UN treaties and regional conventions

Human rights courts and commissions

Civil rights under national law overlap but differ

Related models

is a kind of - category

rights

is set out in - instrument

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

is monitored by - bodies

UN human rights bodies

is related to - concept

justice

In practice

Families and kinds

civil and political rights

economic, social and cultural rights

rights of Indigenous peoples

disability rights

rights of children, women and minorities

Standards and regulation

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

ICCPR and ICESCR

Regional conventions such as the ECHR

UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Failure modes and hazards

Partisan or selective reporting

Agents giving legal advice

Endangering people who report violations

Also called

disability rights organizationVaccine equityindigenous rightsindigenous rights in BrazilMāori protest movementCanadian Aboriginal lawTe'mexw Treaty Associationtreaty rightsHīkoi mō te Tiritiright to be forgottenpassive suffragemen's rightswomen's rightsdigital integritySuffrage|functionsexual and reproductive health and rightscivil and political rightswomen's strikeMothers' rightsdisability rightsVærneretright to petitionpolitical participationlegal rights protectionspeedy trialfreedom of expressionRight to freedom from capital punishmentUnified Social Assistance Systemright to a healthy environmentreproductive health and rightsfishery rightsdigital rightsHuman right to water and sanitationenvironmental rightseconomic rightssexual health and rightswomen's human rightsautism rightsright to a social and international orderrights of non-citizens

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Instruments Treaties and rights.

Instruments define rights.

Which

Relevant instruments.

Which

Relevant instruments.

  1. Which treaties and articles cover this right? provenance
  2. Has this state ratified them? provenance

Meaning

Interpretation.

Meaning

Interpretation.

  1. How do treaty bodies and courts interpret this right? provenance
  2. What limitations are permitted? provenance
Help Seeking remedy.

Mechanisms exist.

Report

Reporting violations.

Report

Reporting violations.

  1. Where can a human rights violation be reported, nationally or internationally? provenance
  2. Is the person safe to do so? boundary

Urgent

Immediate danger.

Urgent

Immediate danger.

  1. Is someone in immediate danger? boundary
  2. Which emergency or protection service should be contacted? action
Situations Country reports.

Attribution is essential.

Reports

Sources.

Reports

Country reports.

  1. What do UN bodies and independent organisations report about the situation here? provenance
  2. Do the state and others dispute the findings? boundary

Neutral

Neutral language.

Neutral

Neutral language.

  1. Is the description balanced and attributed? boundary
  2. Are all affected groups considered? boundary
Groups Specific rights.

Groups have specific instruments.

Indigenous

Indigenous rights.

Indigenous

Indigenous rights.

  1. What rights do Indigenous peoples have under UNDRIP and national law here? provenance
  2. Which organisations represent them? provenance

Advice

Legal help.

Advice

Legal help.

  1. Is the user seeking legal advice on their own case? boundary
  2. Which legal aid or human rights organisations can help? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each right be a separate entry?
  • How should country reports be attributed?
  • How should complaint mechanisms be localised?
Draft as JSON