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  2. Negative and positive rights - Wikipedia

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    In the "three generations" account of human rights, negative rights are often associated with the first generation of rights, while positive rights are associated with the second and third generations. Some philosophers (see criticisms) disagree that the negative–positive rights distinction is useful or valid.

  3. Three generations of human rights - Wikipedia

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    Some U.S. states have enacted some of these economic rights; for example, the state of New York has enshrined the right to a free education, [3] [4] as well as "the right to organize and to bargain collectively", [5] and workers' compensation, [6] in its constitutional law. These rights are sometimes referred to as "red" rights. They impose ...

  4. Rights - Wikipedia

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    Positive rights are permissions to do things, or entitlements to be done unto. One example of a positive right is the purported "right to welfare". [4]

  5. Natural rights and legal rights - Wikipedia

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    Natural rights were traditionally viewed as exclusively negative rights, [6] whereas human rights also comprise positive rights. [7] Even on a natural rights conception of human rights, the two terms may not be synonymous. The concept of natural rights is not universally accepted, partly due to its religious associations and perceived incoherence.

  6. Positive law - Wikipedia

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    Positive law also describes the establishment of specific rights for an individual or group. Etymologically, the name derives from the verb to posit. The concept of positive law is distinct from natural law, which comprises inherent rights, conferred not by act of legislation but by "God, nature, or reason". [1]

  7. Positive obligations - Wikipedia

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    Positive obligations transpose the concept of State obligations to become active into the field of classical human rights. Thus, in order to secure an individual's right to family life, the State may not only be obliged to refrain from interference therein, but positively to facilitate for example family reunions or parents' access to their ...

  8. Positive liberty - Wikipedia

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    Positive liberty is the possession of the power and resources to act in the context of the structural limitations of the broader society which impacts a person's ability to act, as opposed to negative liberty, which is freedom from external restraint on one's actions.

  9. Claim rights and liberty rights - Wikipedia

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    For example, a right to use one's computer can be thought of as a liberty right, but one has a power right to let somebody else use your computer (granting them a liberty right), as well as a claim right against others using the computer; and further, you may have immunity rights protecting your claims and liberties regarding the computer.