State Sovereignty vs. Human Rights

The internationally recognized right of a government to manage affairs within its borders without any interference

• Sovereignty

• Power

• Self determination

• Authority

The authority of a written code of behavior over all members of a society and all of its members-- including those in leadership positions

• Sovereignty

• Self determination

• Rule of law

• Independence

Freedoms, opportunities, and living conditions that every human being should be able to enjoy regardless of age, ethnicity, sex or religious persuasion

• Self determination

• Human rights

• Freedoms

• Dignity

Political/ecenomic system and ideology based on marxist socialism in which the goal is to achieve economic and social equality in society; usually involving central planning and the elimination of the upper class

• Democracy

• Self determination

• Socialism

• Communism

A political system based on governance by the people and the protection of individual freedoms

• Socialism

• Democratic liberalism

• Communism

• Authoritarianism

Purposeful and strategic breaking of laws deemed to be unjust as a means of peaceful protest.

• Self determination

• Civil disobedience

• Democratic liberalism

• Lawlessness

Social and political freedoms to which all citizens are entitled.

• Human rights

• Civil rights

• Obligations

• Responsibilities

Legally required separation of different ethnic groups in public spaces

• Segregation

• Separation

• Divination

• Calcification

To follow accepted norms of behavior speech and dress; To adapt one's behavior to that of others in a society or social group

• Adaptation

• Consensus

• Conformity

• Longevity

A way of life and set of attitudes that is different from or opposed to the social norm

• Identity

• Counterculture

• Usurpers

• Revolutionaries