Important Quotation on human rights from "Socialism Is A Science " by the great leader KIM JONG IL

"The imperialists now violently interfere in other countries’ affairs and trample upon other nations’ sovereignty.  They try to justify these acts under the excuse of “defence of human rights”. Human rights can not be conceived separately from the independence of countries and nations. Human rights can never be ensured for people who are dominated by foreign forces. Human rights are rights to independence which must be exercised by the people in the political, economic, ideological, cultural and all other spheres of social life.  The “human rights” advertised by the imperialists are privileges of the rich, privileges to do anything on the strength of money.  The imperialists do not recognize the right of unemployed people to work, or the right of orphans or people without support to eat and survive, for instance, as human rights.  As they do not grant working people elementary rights to existence and as they pursue anti-popular policies and policies of racial and national discrimination and colonialism, the imperialists have no right to speak about human rights. The imperialists are the most heinous enemy of human rights.  They violate the people’s right to independence and interfere in the internal affairs of other countries on the pretext of “defending human rights”.  We will never tolerate any imperialist interference or arbitrariness aimed at infringing upon the sovereignty of our country and nation, which we will staunchly safeguard."

(KIM JONG IL "SOCIALISM IS A SCIENCE ")