| English | German |
| animal rights Just claims, legal guarantees or moral principles accorded to sentient, non-human species, including freedom from abuse, consumption, experimentation, use as clothing or performing for human entertainment | Tierrechte |
| citizen rights | Bürgerrechte |
| citizen rights Rights recognized and protected by law, pertaining to the members of a state | Bürgerrechte |
| economic rights The just claims and legal guarantees to access, participate in and profit from the production, distribution and use of property, intellectual property, income and wealth | wirtschaftliche Rechte |
| human rights The rights of individuals to liberty, justice, etc. | Menschenrecht |
| petition right A legal guarantee or just claim enabling a citizen or employee to compose and submit a formal written request to an authority asking for some benefit or favor or for intervention and redress of some wrong | Antragsrecht |
| petition right | Antragsrecht |
| rights of future generations The moral, legal or ethical claims of posterity on present people, based on the recognition that the young and unborn are vulnerable to contemporary decision-making, especially decisions having long-term effect on the societies and environment they inherit | Rechte der zukünftigen Generationen |
| rights of future generations | Rechte der zukünftigen Generationen |
| rights of nature A rule or body of rules that derives from nature and is believed to be binding upon human society, as opposed to human-made laws such as legislative acts and judicial decisions | Naturgesetz |
| rights of nature | Naturgesetz |
| rights of the individual Just claims, legal guarantees or moral principles accorded to each and every member of a group or state, including the freedom to do certain things and the freedom from certain intrusions imposed by the collective body | Recht des Einzelnen |
| Rights of Transit | Transitrechte |
| tradable emission rights | handelsfähige Emissionsrechte |
| tradable emission rights | handelbare Emissionsrechte |
