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Topic : Democracy and human rights

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Chapter 1 : What are human rights?

One benefit of democracies is that they usually respect their citizens' human rights more than non-democracies
Human rights are the ways in which people should be treated in order for them to lead a safe and peaceful life
The model document for human rights is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights created by the United Nations in 1948
Other United Nations documents go into greater detail about specific rights
Some countries or organisations create their own human rights standards, like the United States' Bill of Rights
Basic human rights deal with aspects of life such as education, work, freedom and privacy

Chapter 2 : Universal human rights

Chapter 3 : Statistics: trends in human rights in Australian democracy

Chapter 4 : Argument and debate over human rights

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