1. What is Equality?
1.1. It is
1.1.1. The idea that people are treated the same, without discrimination and are allowed to enjoy the same opportunities
2. Third-generation rights
2.1. Are
2.1.1. Human beings are entitled to a healthy life in harmony with nature
2.1.2. The right to development must be fulfilled so as to equitably meet developmental and environmental needs of present and future generations
2.1.3. Peace, development and environmental protection are interdependent and indivisible
2.2. Composed
2.2.1. Are less clearly defined than the previous two generations.
2.2.2. They are broadly seen to apply primarily to communities at global, international, regional, national and local levels, rather than to individuals.
2.2.3. They focus on protection of the environment, on peace and on development, making each a matter of collective human rights, as well as a policy to be achieved in its own right
2.2.4. Third-generation human rights are aimed at protecting the environment; peace and development are therefore seen as collective rights
3. Second-generation rights
3.1. Are
3.1.1. Free education to secondary level
3.1.2. Work and pay for equal work
3.1.3. A standard of living adequate to the health and well-being of the individual and his or her family
3.1.4. Adequate rest and leisure
3.2. Composed
3.2.1. They focus on the economic, social and cultural rights that allow citizens to flourish within the state
3.2.2. They are predominantly positive rights, this means that the state actively provides public services in order to deliver rights to which every human being is entitled.
3.2.3. This generation of rights is aimed at delivering equality of opportunity for each citizen.
3.2.4. Second-generation human rights are mostly positive and require governments to provide free education, adequate healthcare and to protect the right of equal pay