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The term collective rights refers to rights which are held and exercised by all the people collectively, or by specific subsets of the people. They stand in contrast to individual rights which are held only by individuals. This category of rights is large and heterogeneous: it includes the purported right of trade unions to bargain collectively, the right to bring class-action suits^[1], and most prominently the right to democratic self determination, the freedom to roam, and the right of revolution. Debatably the civil right to keep and bear firearms in the United States is also a collective right. ^[2],

This is a controversial topic, particularly where claims to collective rights conflict with the claims of individual rights. It is very much an open question whether collective rights ought to be considered legitimate at all, and, if so, how these collective rights are best balanced with individual rights.

In 1948 the United Nations General Assembly's Universal Declaration of Human Rights was endorsed by many modern nation-states. With the exception of the 'right to self-determination', all rights specified were based on the individual.

Collective rights are associated with third-generation rights.

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1. ^ Kymlicka Will. 1995. Multicultural Citizenship Oxford: University Press, p.45, pp.34-35
2. ^ Summary of Second Amendment Case Law - Federal Cases accessed 6/3/07 [1]

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Natural rights are a theory of universal rights that are seen as inherent in the nature of people and not contingent on human actions or beliefs.

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distinction between negative and positive rights. According to this view, a positive right imposes a moral obligation on a person to do something for someone, while a negative right merely obliges others to refrain from interfering with someone's attempt to do something.
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The division of human rights into three generations was initially proposed in 1979 by the Czech jurist Karel Vasak at the International Institute of Human Rights in Strasbourg. He used the term at least as early as November 1977.
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Women’s rights, as a term, typically refers to the freedoms inherently possessed by women and girls of all ages, which may be institutionalized, ignored or illegitimately suppressed by law, custom, and behavior in a particular society.
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Labor rights or workers' rights are a group of legal rights and claimed human rights having to do with labor relations between workers and their employers, usually obtained under labor and employment law.
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individual rights advocates". Advocates tend to argue for increased civil rights. This is traditionally associated with liberalism.

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A trade union or labour union is an organization of workers. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members ("rank and file" members) and negotiates labor contracts with employers.
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Collective bargaining is the process whereby workers organize collectively and bargain with employers regarding the workplace.
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The title Class Action refers to multiple works (see class action for the legal term):

Class Action, a 1991 film starring Gene Hackman and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
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Democracy describes small number of related forms of government. The fundamental feature is competitive elections. Competitive elections are usually seen to require freedom of speech (especially in political affairs), freedom of the press, and some degree of rule of law.
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self-determination, often seen as a moral and legal right, is that every nation is entitled to a sovereign territorial state, and that every specifically identifiable population should choose which state it belongs to, often by plebiscite.
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The freedom to roam, or everyman's right is a term describing the general public's right to access certain public or privately owned land for recreation and exercise. The term is sometimes called right of public access to the wilderness or the right to roam.
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In political philosophy, the right to revolution (or "right of rebellion") is a right articulated first by the Monarchomachs in the context of the French Wars of Religion, by Huguenots thinkers who legitimated tyrannicides.
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individual rights advocates". Advocates tend to argue for increased civil rights. This is traditionally associated with liberalism.

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