Human rights discourse provides another lens in which we can view urbicide, especially through the use of The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

In Australia, men's rights discourse has influenced government policy documents; less impact has been noted in the United Kingdom, where feminists have historically had less influence on educational policy.

One cannot overestimate the importance of human rights discourse in shaping public opinion.

Prof Robert D Fine(2010) 'Dehumanising the dehumanisers: reversal in human rights discourse?'

Human rights discourse in North Korea has a history which predates the establishment of the state in 1948.

The human rights discourse is by definition global.

The first focuses on the conceptual foundations and challenges of rights discourse and action in relation to health.

And even at this very young age, rights discourse replaced arguing; for example, "you are hurting my right to play" became an effective problem solver that replaced tears and fighting.

As the persecution in China progressed, overseas Falun Gong efforts increasingly tied their pleas for relief to Western human rights discourse, emphasizing the implications for freedom of speech, assembly, and conscience.

The human rights discourse is alive and well at the grassroots level; civil society activists consider it to be the most potent framework for achieving sustainable democratic reforms and political pluralism.