human rights

Overview

The First Amendment of the United States Constitution protects the right to freedom of religion and freedom of expression from government interference.

Forced pregnancy is defined as when someone becomes pregnant against their will and cannot easily access abortion care. Forced pregnancy could be a war crime punishable by the International Criminal Court (ICC).  The crime has the following elements:

The term "forcible transfer" describes the forced relocation of civilian populations as part of an organized offensive against that population. It is a crime against humanity punishable by the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Overview

Fundamental rights are a group of rights that have been recognized by the Supreme Court as requiring a high degree of protection from government encroachment.  These rights are specifically identified in the Constitution (especially in the

• constitutional law
• U.S. CONSTITUTION
• fundamental rights
• Supreme Court
• contracts

Furman v. Georgia (1972) is a U.S. Supreme Court case regarding the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment in death penalty cases.

Genocide is one of the greatest crimes under international law, often called the "crime of crimes" after the Nuremburg Trials.  According to Article 2 of the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide defines genocide as "any of the following acts committed with intent to destro

• international law
• public international law

Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, 542 U.S. 507, is a U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that even people detained as enemy combatants have the constitutional right to challenge their detention before a neutral decision maker. 

A hate crime is a criminal act motivated by another person's (usually the victim's) race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability. It is also called a bias crime. A hate crime can be a crime committed against a person, property, or society as a whole. 

Hate Crimes Act of 2009, which is also known as the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, is an act of Congress which was passed on October 22, 2009.

"Hors de combat" is a term used in international humanitarian law (IHL) which describes a soldier who cannot fight due to being sick, wounded, captured or incapacitated. These soldiers are not allowed to be attacked or harmed because they pose no threat. The rules of IHL state that these individuals are to be treated humanely and protected from harm.