noun
natural right; right under natural law
A philosophical and legal concept referring to rights inherent to human beings, independent of government or positive law.
ロックは生命、自由、財産を自然権とみなした。
Locke regarded life, liberty, and property as natural rights.
自然権の考え方は人権宣言の基礎となった。
The idea of natural rights became the foundation of declarations of human rights.
基本的人権 are fundamental human rights guaranteed by constitutions, a subset of 人権; 自然権 is the theoretical basis for such rights.
Compound of 自然 (しぜん, 'nature') and 権 (けん, 'right'). The term is a translation of the Western philosophical concept of 'natural right'.