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Encyclopedia > Human interest

Human interest news articles are about particular individuals or groups of people. The account may present the problems, concerns, or achievements that these people face.


These are included in newspapers because they appeal to the public. Readers may relate to these stories and their empathy is played upon.


Such a feature may be less newsworthy that the pressing topics of the day but may well be a better selling point.


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Human rights - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1935 words)
Human rights refers to the concept of human beings as having universal rights, or status, regardless of legal jurisdiction, and likewise other localizing factors, such as ethnicity and nationality.
Human rights are typically divided into two categories: negative human rights (rights to be free from) and positive human rights (rights to), although other categorizations exist.
Other theories hold that human rights codify moral behavior, which is a human, social product developed by a process of biological and social evolution (associated with Hume) or as a sociological pattern of rule setting (as in the sociological theory of law and the work of Weber).
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Website: Legal Information (4751 words)
The special interest test is "broad" [13], "flexible" [14] and "of general application" [15] and what suffices for a special interest will depend on the subject matter of the litigation [16].
The Human Rights Committee, with one dissentient as to reasoning but not result [30], was of the view that there had been a violation of Mr Toonen' s rights under Article 17 par.
Further, the rules as to standing are made by judges and may be changed by judges to preserve the integrity of "the rule of law despite changes in the social structure, methods of government and the extent to which the activities of private citizens are controlled by government authorities" [7].
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