What is the main purpose of human rights?

To protect people's dignity and freedom

The governing concept is protection of human dignity and freedom. Human rights set minimum standards for how people should be treated and help individuals participate, express views, make lawful choices, and resist abuse of power. Option A is correct because respect for dignity prevents humiliation and dehumanisation, while protection of freedom limits arbitrary control and preserves personal choice. Human rights can also support equality, security, and access to justice, but dignity and freedom state the central purpose in this question. Options B, C, and D are not purposes of human rights: taxation, elections, and markets may be governed by public institutions, yet none captures the basic protection owed to every person. Therefore A is the only conceptually complete answer.

This is a Class 9 Civics question. Chapter: Democratic Rights. Topic: Human Rights and their protection.