Civil liberties or personal freedoms are personal guarantees and freedoms that

the government cannot abridge, either by law or by judicial interpretation, without due
process. Though the scope of the term differs between countries, civil liberties may include
the freedom from torture, freedom from forced disappearance, freedom of
conscience, freedom of press, freedom of religion, freedom of expression, freedom of
assembly, the right to security and liberty, freedom of speech, the right to privacy, the right
to equal treatment under the law and due process, the right to a fair trial, and the right to
life. Other civil liberties include the right to own property, the right to defend oneself, and
the right to bodily integrity. Within the distinctions between civil liberties and other types of
liberty, distinctions exist between positive liberty/positive rights and negative
liberty/negative rights.

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