The more important rights may be said to include the right of each individual to:
• freedom of speech and expression,
• freedom from arrest or detention except under authority of law,
• freedom from cruel, inhumane or degrading punishments and the right to a fair trial by a competent and independent court,
• freedom to enjoy lawfully acquired property,
• equality of persons before the law,
• freedom of assembly and association (including public meeting and withdrawal of labour),
• freedom of thought, conscience and religion,
• freedom to contract,
• freedom to engage in a trade, profession or occupation,
•freedom of movement within a nation and across national borders.
Some of the above freedoms are analysed in various parts of this book, see sections 5, 7, 20 and 21.
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