human right - (law) any basic right or freedom to which all human beings are entitled and in whose exercise a government may not interfere (including rights to life and liberty as well as freedom of thought and expression and equality before the law)

civil liberty - fundamental individual right protected by law and expressed as immunity from unwarranted governmental interference

habeas corpus - the civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment

freedom of religion - a civil right guaranteed by the 1st amendment to the US constitution

freedom of speech - a civil right guaranteed by the 1st amendment to the US constitution

freedom of the press - a right guaranteed by the 1st amendment to the US constitution

freedom of assembly - the right peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for redress of grievances; guaranteed by the 1st amendment to the US constitution

freedom to bear arms - a right guaranteed by the 2nd amendment to the US constitution

freedom from search and seizure - a right guaranteed by the 4th amendment to the US constitution

right to due process - a right guaranteed by the 5th amendment to the US constitution; reaffirmed by the 14th amendment

freedom from self-incrimination, privilege against self incrimination - the civil right (guaranteed by the 5th amendment to the United States Constitution) to refuse to answer questions or otherwise give testimony against yourself

freedom from double jeopardy - a civil right guaranteed by the 5th amendment to the US constitution

right to speedy and public trial by jury - a civil right guaranteed by the 6th amendment to the United States constitution

right to an attorney - a civil right guaranteed by the 6th amendment to the US constitution

right to confront accusors - a right guaranteed by the 6th amendment to the US constitution

freedom from cruel and unusual punishment - a right guaranteed by the 8th amendment to the US constitution

freedom from involuntary servitude - a civil right guaranteed by the 13th amendment to the US constitution

equal protection of the laws - a right guaranteed by the 14th amendment to the US constitution and by the due-process clause of the 5th amendment

freedom from discrimination - freedom from discrimination on the basis of race or sex or nationality or religion or age; guaranteed by federal laws of the United States

equal opportunity - the right to equivalent opportunities for employment regardless of race or color or sex or national origin

jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"