[CRNMC] inalienable rights vs. human rights

[bodhirobin at pacific.net]

Natural rights are those not contingent upon the laws,
customs,  or beliefs of any particular culture or government, and
therefore  universal and inalienable
(i.e., rights that cannot be repealed or restrained by human laws).

The idea of human rights  is also
closely related to that of natural rights: some acknowledge no  difference
between the two, regarding them as synonymous, while others  choose to
keep the terms separate to eliminate association with some  features
traditionally associated with natural rights.[3]
Natural rights, in particular, are considered beyond the authority of any
government or international
body to dismiss. 

The 1948 United Nations Universal
Declaration of Human Rights is an important legal
instrument enshrining one conception of natural rights into
international soft law. Natural rights
were traditionally viewed as exclusively negative
rights,[4]
whereas human rights also comprise positive rights.[5]
Even on a natural rights conception of human rights, the two terms may not
be synonymous.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_and_legal_rights


Also, I have tickets to the Diary of Anne Frank on March 15.  Sorry
I won't be able to attend the big meeting.  
Robin



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