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Civil rights are a class of rights.

Civil rights may also refer to:

Legal rights
Civil rights movement, the social movement in the United States
Civil rights, rights which can be exercised in civil law

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+{{wiktionary|civil rights}}
-'''[[Civil and political rights]]''' are a class of rights ensuring things such as the protection of peoples' physical integrity; procedural fairness in law; protection from discrimination based on gender, religion, race, sexual orientation, etc.; individual freedom of belief, speech, association, and the press; and political participation.
+'''[[Civil rights]]''' are a class of rights.
 '''Civil rights''' may also refer to:
+* [[Legal rights]]
+* [[Civil rights movement]], the social movement in the United States
+* Civil rights, rights which can be exercised in [[civil law (legal system)|civil law]]
+==See also==
-''Legal Concepts''
+* [[Civil liberties in the United States]]
-* [[Legal rights]] are rights that are bestowed by nations on those within their jurisdiction; they are sometimes also called ''civil rights'' in common law jurisdictions. Contrast with natural rights or human rights, which many scholars claim that individuals have by nature of being born
-* Civil rights, in [[civil law (legal system)|civil law]] jurisdictions, are rights or powers which can be exercised under civil law, which includes things such as the ability to contract.  In civil law jurisdictions, lawsuits between private parties for things such as breach of contract or a tort are usually expressed in terms of infringement of a civil right
-''U.S. Politics''
-* [[Civil rights movement]], the social movement in the United States
-* [[Civil liberties in the United States]], the unalienable rights retained by U.S. citizens per the U.S. Constitution.
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