“Civil rights” are the rights of individuals to receive equal treatment (and to be free from unfair treatment or “discrimination”) in a number of settings including education, employment, housing and many more which is based on certain legally protected characteristics. Civil and political rights\u00a0are a class of\u00a0rights\u00a0that protect\u00a0individuals’\u00a0freedom\u00a0from infringement by\u00a0governments,\u00a0social organizations, and private individuals. They ensure one’s ability to participate in the civil and political life of the society and\u00a0state\u00a0without\u00a0discrimination\u00a0or\u00a0repression. Civil rights include the ensuring of peoples’ physical and mental\u00a0integrity,\u00a0life, and\u00a0safety; protection from discrimination on grounds such as\u00a0race,\u00a0gender,\u00a0national origin,\u00a0age,\u00a0political affiliation,\u00a0ethnicity,\u00a0religion, or\u00a0disability; and\u00a0individual rights\u00a0and liberties such as privacy and the freedoms of\u00a0thought,\u00a0speech,\u00a0religion,\u00a0press,\u00a0assembly, and\u00a0movement.<\/p>\n
According to United Nations,\u00a0Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948, \u201cEveryone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.\u201d Civil rights include the\u00a0right to vote, the right to a fair\u00a0trial, the right to government services, the right to a\u00a0public education, and the right to use public facilities. Civil rights are an essential component of\u00a0democracy; when individuals are being denied opportunities to participate in political society, they are being denied their civil rights. In contrast to\u00a0civil liberties, which are freedoms that are secured by placing restraints on government, civil rights are secured by positive government action, often in the form of legislation.<\/p>\n
Civil rights laws attempt to guarantee full and equal citizenship for people who have traditionally been discriminated against on the basis of some group characteristic. When the enforcement of civil rights is found by many to be inadequate, a civil rights movement may emerge in order to call for equal application of the laws without\u00a0discrimination. Unlike other rights concepts, such as\u00a0human rights\u00a0or\u00a0natural rights, in which people acquire rights inherently, perhaps from God or nature, civil rights must be given and guaranteed by the power of the state. Therefore, they vary greatly over time,\u00a0culture, and form of government and tend to follow societal trends that\u00a0condone\u00a0or\u00a0abhor\u00a0particular types of discrimination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
“Civil rights” are the rights of individuals to receive equal treatment (and to be free from unfair treatment or “discrimination”) in a number of settings including education, employment, housing and many more which is based on certain legally protected characteristics. Civil and political rights\u00a0are a class of\u00a0rights\u00a0that protect\u00a0individuals’\u00a0freedom\u00a0from infringement by\u00a0governments,\u00a0social…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-civil-rights"],"yoast_head":"\n