List of first-generation human rights
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- Right to life
- Freedom from slavery
- Freedom from cruel, inhuman, or degrading punishment
- Freedom from arbitrary detention, arrest, or exile
- Right to an attorney
- Right of innocence until proven guilt
- Freedom from retroactive procecution or sentencing
- Right to a fair, public trial before an unbiased jury in reasonable time
- Right to examine witnesses
- Freedom from debtors' prisons
- Right to appeal
- Right to compensation for wrongful punishment
- Freedom from double jeopardy
- Freedom from self-incrimination
- Freedom of speech
- Freedom from censorship
- Freedom of expression
- Freedom of thought
- Freedom of the press
- Right to bear arms
- Property rights
- Freedom of religion
- Freedom from religion
- Freedom of assembly
- Freedom of protest
- Freedom of association
- Freedom of movement
- Right of return
- Freedom of petition
- Freedom of information
- Right to citizenship