English-Portuguese translations for civil rights

• direitos civis
  Considero o Civil Rights Act (lei dos direitos civis) correcto. I think the Civil Rights Act is right.
  Trata-se aqui, pois, de direitos civis fundamentais. We are therefore talking about fundamental civil rights.
  O terrorismo visa, também, enfraquecer os direitos civis - os direitos civis de uma democracia pluralista. It also seeks to undermine civil rights - the civil rights of a plural democracy.

Definition of civil rights

• Those rights which are expressly enumerated in the U.S. Constitution and are considered to be unquestionable, deserved by all people under all circumstances, especially without regard to race, creed, religion, sexual orientation, gender and disabilities

Related words

• civil right
• civil rights activist
• deprivation of civil rights