Collective rights

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The term collective rights refers to the rights of peoples to be protected from attacks on their group identity and group interests. The most important such collective right is often said to be the right of self-determination.

This is a controversial topic, particularly when collective rights come into conflict with individual rights. As with all theories of rights, there is some debate on whether collective rights truly exist, and, if so, what those rights actually are (besides self-determination).