Are individuals empowered by human rights?

To answer your question, first you need to define human rights.  What are human rights to you?  Where does the boundary line end and start?  Should all humans be allowed to sit on the same bus even if their skin tone differs?  Should your waist size dictate what you can and can not do?  What is discrimination, and what isn't.  These are the questions you need to define for yourself, without looking it up on google.  And then, after you've done that, you should ask yourself does being able to do this action empower me?  Do I feel powerful when I do this action?  You can go a step farther by putting yourself in a different position.  What if I was a single mother, or wha if I was in a position where I didn't have a stable job? 

I hope this helped!  If you want to discuss this farther, message me:)