The Human Rights Foundation unites people—regardless of their political, cultural, and ideological orientations—in the common cause of defending human rights and promoting liberal democracy in the Americas. Our mission is to ensure that freedom is both preserved and promoted.
Our definition of human rights is based on the founding ideals of the human rights movement, those most purely represented in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1976). Although current debates about whether it is possible to define universal economic and cultural rights are useful and important, those debates tend to divide those who would otherwise be strong allies in the struggle for rights. Our definition of human rights sidesteps those debates, focusing instead on the essential ideals of freedom of self-determination and freedom from tyranny. We believe that all human begins are entitled to:
- The right to speak freely
- The right to worship in the manner of their choice
- The right to freely associate with those of like mind
- The right to acquire and dispose of property
- The right to leave and enter their countries
- The right to equal treatment and due process under law
- The right to be able to participate in the government of their countries
- Freedom from arbitrary detainment or exile
- Freedom from slavery and torture
- Freedom from interference and coercion in matters of conscience
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