Human rights are the set of laws that protect the rights of human beings regardless of culture, religion, race, sex or color. It is the product of two movements of enlightenment involving Europe and the United States. Human rights is the belief that all human beings should be entitled to legal recognition [...]

Humanitarian laws are the set of laws that govern armed conflict; or it is the law of war and the effects of such wars on people and property. The ultimate goal of humanitarian laws are to limit and minimize the amount of suffering caused by war, by regulating the way in which military operations [...]