How to Use human rights in a Sentence

human rights

plural noun
  • Irons plays a human rights activist who sets out to help her.
    — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 14 May 2026
  • Are there other agenda items that have to be dealt with in terms of human rights?
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2022
  • But human rights groups say an even more hard-line group is now leading the country.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 13 May 2026
  • Cara Delevingne is urging fans to take up the fight for human rights.
    — Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com, 2 July 2022
  • Mel is an anti-war candidate who will fight for human rights all over the world.
    — Aleda Gagarin, refinery29.com, 8 June 2020
  • More brands have begun to respond as well and take a stand on this human rights issue.
    — Lexy Lebsack, refinery29.com, 5 May 2020
  • About stripping away civil rights, human rights.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026
  • For Jones, it's always been more than a human rights movement.
    — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 11 June 2020
  • Last month, human rights groups protested the delay in an open letter.
    — WIRED, 26 Sep. 2022
  • The law’s reach has stunned many residents and human rights activists.
    — Suzanne Sataline, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 July 2021
  • There’s at least some desire for human rights for everyone, or that, too, is the idea.
    — Margaret Atwood, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2022
  • That violates city human rights law.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 2 May 2026
  • Ariana Grande has once again used her platform to stand up for human rights.
    — Seventeen, 1 Apr. 2022
  • Pelosi has been a long-time advocate of human rights in China.
    — Arkansas Online, 7 Aug. 2022
  • What role can people or countries who care about human rights in Myanmar play now?
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 27 July 2022
  • But the president is up against the Supreme Court and human rights groups.
    — Marina Lopes, Washington Post, 22 July 2022
  • This struggle for human rights was in her hometown, at the Supreme Court.
    — Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Around a dozen others have been sentenced to death, according to human rights groups.
    — Sanam Mahoozi, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Enormous gains for women, for the rule of law, for democracy, for human rights.
    — Conor Finnegan, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2021
  • The commission ruled out the presence of mass graves, as alleged by human rights groups.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Qatar's human rights record and treatment of migrant workers have spoiled the party for many.
    — Arkansas Online, 19 Nov. 2022
  • Guaido called for Maduro’s regime to respect the human rights of those who were captured.
    — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 5 May 2020
  • Some countries and human rights groups have accused Israel of war crimes.
    — ABC News, 20 May 2026
  • Such practices have long been common in Kachin and Shan states, human rights groups say.
    — New York Times, 9 Mar. 2021
  • But human rights groups say Bukele’s aproach has violated due process.
    — Marcos Aleman, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
  • And basic human rights are just out the window for a certain class of people in this country.
    — Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • The German national team has a long record of standing up for human rights.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Residents and a human rights group working in the area said soldiers had killed the civilians.
    — Reuters, CNN, 27 Dec. 2021
  • Basic human rights were set up to be apolitical.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 10 May 2026
  • And it is built for every country that believes in human rights, democracy, and the rule of law.
    — Alain Berset, Time, 6 July 2026

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