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Miller made a "simple, straightforward speech saying that he didn't understand why America, a republic built on the inalienable rights of man, was supporting the Turkish regime".
Nearly 20 years after the Beijing declaration, where governments committed to ensuring that "the full implementation of the human rights of women and of the girl child as an inalienable , integral and indivisible part of all human rights and fundamental freedoms", too many young girls are still excluded from school, forced into early marriage, not seen and not heard.
For while America may be a land of lawsuits, it also prizes freedom: the inalienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of cattle.
As political sovereignty is not transferred to the state, not only are civil rights inalienable but so are political liberties, above all the right to determine and to deliberate laws.
America led the way with such efforts, starting with an act dated 1864, signed by Abraham Lincoln, which ceded Yosemite to California, requiring that "the premises shall be held for public use, resort, and recreation; shall be inalienable for all time".
But Mr Wood's own crisis is a microcosm of that one, an intensification of it even, for his scepticism is inalienable and it travels with him to his new literary home.
Although the Supreme Court had declared he had an "inalienable " right to return to the country, he was charged with corruption on landing and packed off to Saudi Arabia, to where he was exiled in 2000.
Critics, though, argue that the psychological impact of relaxing these lesser sanctions will weaken the greater ones, particularly when it comes to some countries that have only toed the line with reluctance.A stronger criticism is that the deal says nothing about Iran's "right" to enrich uranium, which the country sees as "inalienable".
A party paper, the splenetic Global Times, far from finding it presumptuous to criticise the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, who is also its leading theologian, accused him of "spouting nonsense".In part this is an argument over history and China's "inalienable sovereignty" over Tibet.
Every week, militant groups of unemployed stage street protests.In this section Crawling back to daylight The lady vanishes Signed but not sealed The inalienable right to a beach ReprintsSecond, macroeconomic policy has been more effective than critics admit.
He later declared that "freedom from torture is an inalienable human right" and that the United States "remains steadfastly committed to upholding the Geneva Conventions".It is this brazenness which amazes Mr Hersh, a man who has spent a lifetime exposing the deceptions of politicians.
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The primary grammatical function of "inalienable " is as an adjective . It modifies nouns, typically "rights", to indicate that these rights cannot be surrendered, sold, or transferred, emphasizing their permanent and inherent nature. As Ludwig confirms, it is a valid term to describe something that cannot be taken away.
Expression frequency: Very common
