DeCS

Descriptor English:

Civil Rights

Descriptor Spanish:

Derechos Civiles

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	derechos civiles
Entry term(s)	audiencia justa derecho a juicio derecho a juicio justo derecho a la dignidad derecho a la justicia derecho a un proceso imparcial derecho a un proceso justo derecho al voto derecho civil derecho cívico derecho de voto derechos civiles y políticos derechos cívicos derechos de las minorías derechos de los grupos minoritarios derechos de voto derechos legales derechos políticos garantías jurídicas igual protección juicio justo libertades civiles proceso con garantías legales proceso debido proceso justo proceso legal debido protección de las minorías protección de los grupos minoritarios protección igual seguridad jurídica sufragio
Scope note:	Garantías legales que protegen al individuo del ataque a sus libertades personales, el derecho a un juicio justo, el derecho al voto y a la no discriminación por razones de raza, color, religión, sexo, edad, discapacidad o país de origen. (http://www.usccr.gov/ accessed 1/31/2003).

Descriptor Portuguese:

Direitos Civis

Descriptor French:

Droits civiques

Entry term(s):

Civil Right
Due Process
Equal Protection
Legal Right
Legal Rights
Minority Group Protection
Minority Protection
Minority Right
Minority Rights
Political Rights
Protection, Equal
Right, Civil
Right, Legal
Right, Minority
Right, Voting
Rights of Minority Groups
Rights, Civil
Rights, Legal
Rights, Minority
Rights, Voting
Voting Right
Voting Rights

Tree number(s):

I01.880.604.473.352
N03.706.437.352
SP9.242.315.305

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002961

Scope note:

Legal guarantee protecting the individual from attack on personal liberties, right to fair trial, right to vote, and freedom from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin. (from http://www.usccr.gov/ accessed 1/31/2003)

Annotation:

specify geographic location if pertinent; consider also HUMAN RIGHTS & SOCIAL JUSTICE; PRIVACY ACT see PRIVACY is also available

Allowable Qualifiers:

CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IN injuries
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends

Concept UI	M0004531
Scope note	Legal guarantee protecting the individual from attack on personal liberties, right to fair trial, right to vote, and freedom from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin. (from http://www.usccr.gov/ accessed 1/31/2003)
Preferred term	Civil Rights
Entry term(s)	Civil Right Right, Civil Rights, Civil

Concept UI	M0004535
Preferred term	Voting Rights
Entry term(s)	Right, Voting Rights, Voting Voting Right

Concept UI	M0004534
Preferred term	Legal Rights
Entry term(s)	Legal Right Right, Legal Rights, Legal

Concept UI	M0004533
Preferred term	Equal Protection
Entry term(s)	Protection, Equal

Concept UI	M000646306
Scope note	The rights as applied to members of racial, ethnic, class, religious, linguistic or gender and sexual minorities; and, the collective rights accorded to minority groups. Minority rights may also apply simply to individual rights of anyone who is not part of a majority decision.
Preferred term	Minority Rights
Entry term(s)	Minority Group Protection Minority Protection Minority Right Right, Minority Rights of Minority Groups Rights, Minority

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