Human rights are basic protections to which a human being in a given country has a just claim.
The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights outlines very broad human rights principles, such as freedom of expression, religion, and assembly, and proscriptions against torture, discrimination and arbitrary arrest. However, there is no internationally accepted definition of what constitutes human rights. Ex-Im Bank can deny its financing for human rights reasons only if the President, through authority delegated to the Secretary of State, determines that such a denial would be in the national interest. This review examines both the general status of human rights and the effect of the export on human rights in the importing country. Interest areas on which a particular transaction may receive a denial include international terrorism, nuclear proliferation, environmental protection and human rights.