barriers Archives - U.H.Rights Blog by Maci Bednar Tue, 27 Jul 2021 13:02:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://www.universalhumanrightsindex.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/cropped-Maci-Bednar-1-32x32.png barriers Archives - U.H.Rights 32 32 Why do some groups need special human rights? https://www.universalhumanrightsindex.org/why-do-some-groups-need-special-human-rights/ Tue, 13 Apr 2021 05:28:19 +0000 https://demo.codethemes.co/charity/?p=130 Does it mean they have more rights than other people?

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No, it does not, but some groups, such as the Roma in Europe, the Dalits, and certain castes in India, have been discriminated against in one society or another for so long that special measures were needed to ensure that they have the same standard of human rights as other people. It would be ridiculous to think that after years of entrenched discrimination and stereotypes, outright hatred and social barriers, it would be enough to simply grant them generally applicable rights, assuming that this would be sufficient to ensure equality.

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