Second-generation rights aim to ensure social and economic equality and fairness, addressing issues like discrimination in employment, education, housing, and access to social services. These rights require positive action by the state to ensure their realization.
Eradication of all types of social discrimination comes under which generation of Human Rights ?
Asked in JPSC CS Prelims 2016 · Topic: Human Development (Human Rights and their linkage with Human Development)
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