How to Use human right in a Sentence

human right

noun

• Because on the other side of the bridge, Rodney, housing as a human right.
  — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
• Pleasure is a fundamental human right that was long reserved for men.
  — Dr. Catalina Lawsin, USA TODAY, 2023-07-10
• All of us – Black, Brown, Asian, or white; rich or poor – deserve health care as a basic human right.
  — Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2026
• At the heart of the lawsuit is the basic and fundamental human right to clean and safe drinking water, said the plaintiff’s lawyers.
  — Dorany Pineda, Chicago Tribune, 2023-08-21
• Access to safe and affordable water is a fundamental human right.
  — Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 2024-03-12
• Being able to access health care is a fundamental human right, and medical schools need to step up and lead the charge in guaranteeing that right.
  — Amelia Mercado and J. Wesley Boyd, STAT, 2023-09-25
• Health care is a human right, and nobody in the USA should have to struggle to access health care or be unable to afford it.
  — Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 6 Feb. 2026
• Some have even argued that it should, alongside access to clean water and electricity, be considered a basic human right.
  — Marian Selorm Sapah, Fortune, 2023-03-01
• Researchers found that while all 20 different manikins had flat torsos, only one model had breasts, highlighting issues of human right to health.
  — Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 2024-11-25
• Tommy Robinson dismissing any agency or autonomy that women should have as an innate human right.
  — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
• Experts have said water security is critical for climate action and have recognized safe drinking water as a human right.
  — Eyal Harel, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
• Rangel's art focuses on environmental equity as a basic human right.
  — Brittanie Shey, Chron, 2023-04-06
• Gorgeous women are shot purposefully in the eye at close range, smiling and laughing, and claiming that losing an eye was worth it to fight for their freedom, to exercise their human right to protest.
  — Tara Grammy, Harper's BAZAAR, 2023-02-15
• Abandoning public pools Gaining entry to swimming pools was a top priority for civil rights groups, who saw recreation as a fundamental human right.
  — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 2023-07-22
• My research examines how news institutions shape civic life and how freedom of expression is both a fundamental human right and a fundamental part of democracy.
  — Stephanie A, The Conversation, 22 Jan. 2026
• But beneath the joy and relief of reconnecting with family runs a deep undercurrent of anger that a basic human right of connection could be easily – and abruptly – taken away.
  — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
• The city of San Diego recently voted housing is a human right, and the county of San Diego has declared homelessness a public health crisis.
  — Jim Vargas, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2023-03-16
• At the ribbon cutting in November, Mayor Barbara Lee said housing wasn't just a luxury, but a basic human right.
  — John Ramos, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026
• Drink Water Access to clean drinking water should be a basic human right, but traveling to certain parts of the world will show you how inaccessible this vital resource can be.
  — Alysse Dalessandro, Health, 2024-08-13
• The linear city has been controversial since its conception due to its outrageous scale, exorbitant costs, and the human right abuses suffered by construction workers, with thousands believed to have died while working on the project.
  — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 28 Jan. 2026
• In 2010 the United Nations passed a resolution calling access to clean water a fundamental human right.
  — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2026
• All of us deserve health care as a fundamental human right, and medical marijuana has demonstrated effectiveness for a variety of conditions, including glaucoma, from which several members of my family suffer.
  — Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2026
• Sufficient access to clean, reliable, affordable drinking water is a human right, though, and the United Nations has urged governments to funnel resources toward building and maintaining water infrastructure.
  — Celia Ford, Vox, 2024-08-15