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The roots of human rights advocacy and a call to action.(GUEST EDITORIAL)

By Steen, Julie A.
Publication: Social Work
Date: Saturday, April 1 2006

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

--Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1 (United Nations, 1948)

Human rights are defined as "the rights one has simply because one is a human being" (Donnelly, 1989, p. 9). Embedded in the concept of human rights are notions of basic entitlements to freedom--by virtue of birth--to live without persecution, to express oneself, and to have opportunities to develop (such as through e

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