Glossary entry

Dutch term or phrase:

persoonsrecht

English translation:

individual right

Added to glossary by LAB2004
Feb 3, 2007 20:41
17 yrs ago
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Dutch term

persoonsrecht

Dutch to English Law/Patents Law: Patents, Trademarks, Copyright copyright
[..] persoons- en portretrechten van afgebeelde personen [..]

Is persoonsrecht the same as persoonlijk recht ie personal right? Or is it a synonym for portretrecht? How should I translate it?

I've found a very clear explanation of what portretrecht is (although no translation - will post separately).

TIA
Proposed translations (English)
4 +1 personal/individual right
4 Invidual rights

Proposed translations

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personal/individual right

Personal rights are the rights that a person has over his or her own body. Among personal rights are associated rights to protect and safeguard the body, most obviously protected by the torts of assault and battery. Furthermore, aspects of personality are protected, such as a person's reputation, by the tort of defamation, and legislation protecting the privacy of individuals

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Note added at 27 mins (2007-02-03 21:08:58 GMT)
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fyi, you won't need to post separately (from the Juridisch lexicon):
portretrecht
portrait right
de geportretteerde heeft het exclusieve recht zijn portretrecht commercieel te exploiteren
the portrayed person has the exclusive right to market his image

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Note added at 23 hrs (2007-02-04 20:31:04 GMT)
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After further investigation, I would go with personal rights. This seems to cover the right to privacy, also in respect of publication of portraits, manuscripts, etc.
Despite what writeaway says about persoonSrechten (yes, your text is in the plural!) the individual rights on the EU site seem to refer more to defence rights than publication of a portrait against an individual's will. There may some confusion here with an individual's right to privacy....
I am no lawyer, perhaps lawyer-linguist can shed some light?
Peer comment(s):

agree Ariser : Aren't personal rights a subset of individual rights (e.g. property rights)?
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Wikipedia says "Individual rights" are the common rights of individuals in a society. Individual rights provide principles to delimit the interaction of individuals in society with respect to personal interactions .." but I gave personal as description
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Invidual rights

persoonrechten (your text is in the plural)
http://europa.eu/scadplus/leg/nl/lvb/l33131.htm check the NL and EN versions

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Note added at 16 hrs (2007-02-04 12:48:44 GMT)
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or Individual rights if you prefer the correct spelling :-)
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