Are individuals empowered and do they understand their human rights or when their rights / the rights of others are being violated. provide five reasons for your analysis and standpoint.

The answer depends on the specific individuals, the freedom of press in where they live and on other aspects.

But I would say generally no, they don't.
here is why:
1) in many places the people suffer bad government because they don't know how to abolish it
2) in many places people don't receive the right medical attention because they don't know that they can demand it
3) some people might not know that they're entitled to attorney when they're sued
4)Some people might suffer the abuse of their supervisors because they don't know they can protest

However, some people seem to be able to defend their Rights. For example some people in Europe sue their governments for human rights abuse (5) in the European Court of Justice

I’m going to guess #4 since that seems pretty logical.