RIGHTS
(See also Birthright; Courts; Freedom; Freedom of Press; Freedom of Speech; Freedom of Worship; Human Rights)
animal rights: g90 7/8 6-9
experience of activist: w13 7/1 12-13
Bible times:
property rights (ancient Israel): it-2 199-200
Roman citizenship: bt 184; it-1 473, 477; w15 3/1 12; w01 12/15 22
children’s rights:
freedom of conscience: ed 25
religious instruction: g97 12/8 6-7
seminar “Child’s Right to Spiritual Development” (2008): w10 2/15 29
Christian attitude toward: it-1 1160; w92 9/1 21-22
“bear the weaknesses of those not strong” (Ro 15:1): it-2 780; lvs 22; lv 20; w04 9/1 11-13
not insisting on personal: w09 2/15 19-21; g05 10/8 27; w04 9/1 11-13; w00 8/15 24-25; w88 8/15 19
civil rights:
clergy involvement: g87 4/22 6-7
contributions of Jehovah’s Witnesses: jv 698-699; br78 8; g87 10/22 27
right to education (Mexico): yb95 234-235
U.S. civil rights movement: g87 6/8 23
U.S. Constitution: g87 10/22 25
“divine right of kings”: w94 7/1 15; w92 5/1 3-4
‘encroaching upon the rights’ of another by fornication (1Th 4:6): it-1 863-864; g 11/06 29; w02 6/15 20-21; g00 4/22 14; w89 11/15 31; tp 144-146
family, do not override religious beliefs (Japan): w86 6/15 14
France:
Declaration of the Rights of Man: g89 12/22 27
Magna Carta (13th century): g 2/06 25; g02 12/22 12-14
of unborn: g86 11/8 9
British law: g87 4/8 6
parents’ rights:
medical care of children: g95 11/8 13-14; hb 21-22
religious instruction of children: ed 24-25; kr 164-165; g97 12/8 6-7
unbelieving mate: ed 24-25; g02 10/8 7-8; w96 10/15 22
patients’ rights: w86 4/15 27; w86 6/15 14
article “Blood: Whose Choice and Whose Conscience?”: hb 30-31; g89 2/22 26-27
bodily integrity: g90 8/8 28
bodily integrity (Puerto Rico): yb11 26; yb97 14; w96 1/15 30
bodily integrity (U.S.): yb03 20; yb02 16-17; w97 8/1 32; yb97 14
chart “A Patient’s Bill of Rights”: g91 3/8 7
informed consent: w04 5/1 26-27; hb 19-21, 30
informed consent (Brazil): w98 3/1 29
informed consent (Denmark): yb93 143-145
informed consent (Iceland): yb05 246
informed consent (Italy): g02 3/22 29; w96 11/15 24; g91 4/8 28; g91 8/22 28
informed consent (Japan): g00 9/22 28; w98 12/1 22; w98 12/15 26-29; g98 8/22 11; w96 3/15 31; g92 11/8 31; hb 20
informed consent (Mexico): yb95 240
informed consent (U.S.): hb 19-21, 31; g90 10/22 13; km 11/90 5; g89 2/22 26-27; w86 4/15 27
medical directives: w18.11 26-27; lvs 248; w14 3/15 27; kr 162; lv 217; g91 3/8 4-5
medical treatment when patient donates no blood (El Salvador): g99 5/22 29
nonblood management: hb 17-22
nonblood management (Canada): kr 162-164; hb 18; g90 9/8 31
nonblood management (Germany): hb 18, 20
nonblood management (Japan): g94 8/22 29; w86 6/15 14
nonblood management (Mexico): yb95 240
nonblood management (U.S.): yb12 38-39; yb91 58-59; hb 18; g90 10/22 13; km 11/90 4-5
poor people: g98 11/22 10
pregnant woman dying of cancer (U.S.): g90 8/8 28
refusal of blood (Russia): yb08 223
“right to die”: g86 9/8 20-21
“right to know” (Japan): g89 12/22 29
seeking second opinion: g00 10/22 28
visits by local elders: km 9/08 3
youths: kr 162-164; km 12/05 6; w91 6/15 16-17; g91 10/22 29
question of pornography: g86 12/22 6-7
religious rights: g99 1/8 3-13
abuses in Greece: yb94 110-113
changing one’s religion: ijwfq article 40
contributions of Jehovah’s Witnesses: bt 200; jv 698-699
European Court of Human Rights upholds Greek Witness (1993): bt 200; kr 147; yb94 67-68, 110; w93 9/1 27-31; g93 8/22 29
flag salute not obligatory (U.S.): g87 10/22 27
not overridden by family rights (Japan): w86 6/15 14
preaching (U.S.): g98 4/22 20-24; g87 10/22 24-26
right to obey 2 John 9-11 upheld (U.S.): w88 4/15 26, 28-29; g87 10/22 27
violations: g98 11/22 9-10
United Nations: g98 11/22 6-7
Convention on the Rights of the Child: g03 2/8 8; g00 12/8 4
Declaration of the Rights of the Child: g00 12/8 3, 5; g90 1/8 7
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007): g 9/09 30
International Bill of Human Rights: g98 11/22 7
newsletter World Conference on Human Rights: g94 7/8 29
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights: g98 11/22 6
Universal Declaration of Human Rights: g 8/09 4; g05 9/22 3-4; g98 11/22 3-5, 8-10; w97 2/1 3; g89 12/22 27
visitation rights (child custody): w86 11/1 27-30
women: g97 4/8 31; g92 7/8 11