Our rights to survive are ensured, but our dignity is not protected. These are rights that, as humans, we all possess. However, they are only a minute part of human rights. They are rights that allow us to live. Human rights include the right to survival but go well beyond that.
Human rights provide for the recognition of the human being as an autonomous being.
People are valued simply because they are people, not because of what they can produce. An individual's worth is based on their humanity, rather than their role within a group, organization, or even society. Bill Clinton, as president of the United States of America, is entitled to the exact same human rights as a drug addict on the streets of Hartford and vice versa. We are all human. The idea of a person's worth being based on their humanity empowers the individual.