Concept: 

The principle of respect for the individual is based on human rights. Human rights are moral principles or norms that describe certain standards of human behavior and in municipal and international law are regularly protected as legal rights. They are commonly understood as fundamental rights inalienable to which a person is inherently entitled simply because he or she is a human being irrespective of their nation, location, language, religion, ethnic origin or any other status. In the sense of being universal, they are applicable everywhere and at all times and they are egalitarian in the sense of being the same for everyone. Human rights are inherent in human rights.
 
In the name of human rights, many groups and movements have achieved profound social changes in the course of the 20th century. Labor unions in Western Europe and North America have introduced laws that grant workers the right to strike, set minimum working conditions, and prohibit or regulate child labour. The women's rights movement has been able to gain the right to vote for many women. National liberation movements have been able to drive out colonial powers in many countries. Mahatma Gandhi's movement to liberate his native India from British rule was one of the most influential. Long oppressed racial and religious minority movements have been successful in many parts of the world.