Civil rights

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Civil rights are rights that all people in the same country should have. The civil rights of one country apply to all its citizens within the borders of the country. The rights are given by the laws of the country. Civil rights are not the same as human rights.

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[edit] See also

[edit] Agencies

  • U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

[edit] People

[edit] Politics

  • American Civil Rights Movement (1896-1954)
  • American Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968)
  • List of anti-discrimination acts
  • Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association

[edit] Related Topics

  • Anti-Semitism
  • Civil liberties
  • Human rights
  • Natural rights
  • Inalienable rights
  • Rights
  • Second-class citizen
  • Gay rights
  • Women's rights
  • Men's rights
  • Minority rights
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