inalienable

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The preamble of Indonesia’s 1945 Constitution states: “Whereas Independence is the inalienable right of all nations; therefore, colonialism must be abolished in the world as it is not in conformity with humanity and justice.”

From Washington Times

These members of the state Freedom Caucus would punish a woman with death if she dared to exercise the inalienable right of personhood over their own bodies.

From Washington Post

The coalition has declared the Jewish people’s “exclusive and inalienable right to all parts of the land of Israel” and pledged to bolster settlement in the occupied West Bank.

From New York Times

It was to preserve the northern states' inalienable birthright to growth, the promise made to them 100 years ago.

From Salon

Titans of constitutional law such as St. George Tucker and Joseph Story referred to this protection as the “true palladium of liberty” — the bulwark that preserves all other inalienable rights.

From Washington Times