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  2. Derogability - Wikipedia

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    A non-derogable right is one whose infringement is not justified under any circumstances, generally right to life and freedom from torture, inhuman, ...

  3. Human rights - Wikipedia

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    With the exception of non-derogable human rights (international conventions class the right to life, the right to be free from slavery, the right to be free from torture and the right to be free from retroactive application of penal laws as non-derogable), [114] the UN recognises that human rights can be limited or even pushed aside during ...

  4. United Nations Convention Against Torture - Wikipedia

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    The Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (commonly known as the United Nations Convention Against Torture (UNCAT)) is an international human rights treaty under the review of the United Nations that aims to prevent torture and other acts of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment around the world.

  5. Article 18 of the European Convention on Human Rights

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    General restrictions under certain Articles (for example, Articles 15, 16, and 17). This cannot apply to Articles which contain non-derogable rights. [7] It may also apply to inherent limitations that have been confirmed to exist in case law.

  6. Hyperforeignism - Wikipedia

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    For example, the word habanero is pronounced [aβaˈneɾo] (with an n) in Spanish. English speakers may instead pronounce it / ˌ h ɑː b ə ˈ n j ɛr oʊ /, as if it were spelled habañero ; the phenomenon also occurs with empanada, which may be pronounced as if spelled empañada .

  7. Well-formedness - Wikipedia

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    For example, the nonce word wug coined by Jean Berko Gleason is phonologically well-formed, so informants are able to pluralize it regularly. [1] A word, phrase, clause, or utterance may be grammatically well-formed, meaning it obeys the rules of morphology and syntax. A semantically well-formed utterance or sentence is one that is meaningful ...

  8. English words without vowels - Wikipedia

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    A more obscure example is rng /ˈrʌŋ/, derived from ring by deleting the letter i . Vowelless proper names from other languages, such as the surname Ng, may retain their original spelling, even if they are pronounced with vowels.

  9. English orthography - Wikipedia

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    Other examples of this type are the - ity suffix (as in agile vs. agility, acid vs. acidity, divine vs. divinity, sane vs. sanity). See also: Trisyllabic laxing. Another example includes words like mean / ˈ m iː n / and meant / ˈ m ɛ n t /, where ea is pronounced differently in the two related words. Thus, again, the orthography uses only a ...