社しゃ会かい権けん

noun

social rights; economic rights

Legal term referring to rights that guarantee a minimum standard of living, such as the right to work, education, and social security. Often contrasted with 自由権 (civil liberties).

• 社しゃ会かい権けんは、国こく民みんが人にん間げんらしい生せい活かつを送おくるために必ひつ要ような権けん利りです。

  Social rights are the rights necessary for citizens to lead a life worthy of human beings.

• 憲けん法ぽうには、生せい存ぞん権けんや教きょう育いくを受うける権けん利りなどの社しゃ会かい権けんが定さだめられている。

  The constitution stipulates social rights such as the right to life and the right to receive an education.