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human rights violation; infringement of human rights
An act or policy that violates a person's fundamental rights and freedoms.
人権侵害を許してはならない。
We must not tolerate human rights violations.
この法律は人権侵害だと批判されている。
This law is being criticized as a human rights violation.
国連は、その国で深刻な人権侵害が行われていると報告した。
The United Nations reported that serious human rights violations are being committed in that country.
Compound of 人権 (human rights) + 侵害 (violation, infringement). A key term in legal, political, and social justice contexts.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 人権侵害を訴える: to appeal/report a human rights violation
- 深刻な人権侵害: serious human rights violation
- 人権侵害に当たる: to constitute a human rights violation
- 人権侵害の救済: remedy for human rights violations
RELATED TERMS:
- 人権: human rights
- 人権問題: human rights issue — broader; includes discussions and debates, not just violations
- 差別: discrimination — one common form of human rights violation