The phrase "a universal right of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing rights that are considered to be applicable to all people, regardless of their background or circumstances.
Example: "The declaration emphasizes a universal right of access to clean water for every individual."
Alternatives: "an inherent right to" or "a fundamental right of".
But no government recognizes a universal right of entry.
Immanuel Kant, therefore, called the moral claim to seek refuge or respite in the lands of another, a "universal right of hospitality," provided that the intentions of the foreigner upon arriving on foreign lands were peaceful.
Roosevelt conceived of social security as "expanding the meaning of freedom by extending assistance to broad groups of needy Americans – the unemployed, elderly, and dependent – as a universal right of citizenship…" Social citizenship, which entailed a public guarantee of economic security, came to the forefront of American discussions.
Of course, it may be that group rights that provide for group differences, such as differences in culture, will themselves derive from more basic rights that are universal in scope just as rights to practise different faiths can derive from a universal right of freedom of religion.
It is much harder to convince a subject pool at a major American university that there is an upside to Iran's developing nuclear weapons, or to alter long-held beliefs for or against health care as a universal right of citizenship.
The Ewins review published in December found that the "existence of a tie to a specific employer and the absence of a universal right to change employer and apply for extensions of the visa are incompatible with the reasonable protection of overseas domestic workers while in the UK".
And if single-payer supporters can sound persuasive when they talk of inequality and a universal right to healthcare, the talking points of their opponents have been more effective.
That means something more than just a defense of a universal right to life.
In his discussion, Buchanan first dismisses various accounts that try to ground a universal right to a decent minimum of care, but here we shall concentrate on the positive argument supporting the idea of universal access through a legal entitlement to such care despite the absence of any moral right to it.
He will look specifically at the possibility of introducing a universal right for employees to request shares in the companies they work for.
Instead of promoting a universal right to vote, many elected officials now seek ways to narrow the franchise, finding ways to limit it, to mold it.
