“human Rights, and Labor champions American values, including the rule of law and individual rights, that promote strong, stable, prosperous, and sovereign states. We advance American security in the struggle against authoritarianism and terrorism when we stand for the freedoms of religion, speech, and the press, and the rights of people to assemble peaceably and to petition their government for a redress of grievances. 

A few examples of cultural rights include:

1. Forcibly evicting people from their homes (the right to adequate housing)

2. Contaminating water, for example, with waste from State-owned facilities 

3. Failure to ensure a minimum wage sufficient for a decent living 

4. Failure to prevent starvation in all areas and communities in the country 

5. Denying access to information and services related to health (the right to health)

6. Systematically segregating children with disabilities from mainstream schools (the right to education)

7. Failure to prevent employers from discriminating in recruitment 

8. Failure to prohibit public and private entities from destroying or contaminating food and its source, such as arable land and water (the right to food)

9. Failure to provide for a reasonable limitation of working hours in the public and private sector (rights at work)

10. Banning the use of minority or indigenous languages (the right to participate in cultural life)

11. Denying social assistance to people because of their status .(the right to social security)

12. Failure to ensure maternity leave for working mothers (protection of and assistance to the family).”

~USA

“India is a pluralistic and multi-cultural society where many faiths and belief systems regulate the life of individuals. In this part of the globe many religious traditions, both indigenous and foreign, have been established over the years. We have Buddhism, Sikhism, Bhakti cult, Sufi tradition as well as Islam and Christianity. Many religious gurus, law-givers, social reformers and statesmen have come to guide and influence the life and culture of Indians. 

The struggle for human rights essentially reflects the concerns and requirements of modern human being whereas the cultural values operated in a traditional context where many of the agencies which at present account for the violation of human rights norms were not known. Since human rights are basically a problem between authority and the individual it is essential to examine the Indian understanding of the origin of authority and the human rights.”

~INDIA

“In the South African culture, whether or not you know what your responsibilities are is irrelevant.

You cannot, and you will not be allowed to do whatever you want, whenever you want. You may not want to go to institution, but if your father wants you to go, you will go. No one is going to consider your rights; you won’t even raise them. You will just have to go. So what I can say is that rights are not considered or respected in our culture. A young person cannot tell an older person that what they are doing is wrong. It is a restriction, because the word of a senior is final.

In treating people as individuals, human rights do not connect the individual to family and community. People didn’t recognize human rights because they viewed customary law as the exclusive system that control cultural practices. They considered the Constitution a bad fit for their cultural practices because it introduced and measured elements of privacy, harm and choice that did not play a role in their practices and in their lived realities. The women’s right is to wake up and heat water for your husband and your in-laws, especially your mother-in-law.”

~SOUTH AFRICA 

"There are two main streams of human rights policy and action within the European Union. One is to protect the fundamental human rights for EU citizens, and the other is to promote human rights worldwide.

The European Union is based on a strong commitment to promoting and protecting human rights, democracy and the rule of law worldwide. Human rights are at the heart of EU relations with other countries and regions.

EU policy includes:

• promoting the rights of women, children, minorities and displaced persons
• opposing the death penalty, torture, human trafficking and discrimination
• defending civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights
• defending human rights through active partnership with partner countries, international and regional organisations, and groups and associations at all levels of society
• inclusion of human rights clauses in all agreements on trade or cooperation with non-EU countries."

~Europe