Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
bem indisponível
English translation:
inalienable right
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Barbara Cochran, MFA
Mar 25, 2022 19:30
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Portuguese term
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Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) 
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bem indisponível
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Medical
Medical (general)
Medical ethics and religion
Segundo a ordem jurídica brasileira contida na Constituição Federal de 1988, a vida é um bem indisponível. (sem mais contexto).
Proposed translations
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| 4 +3 | life is an inalienable right |
Barbara Cochran, MFA
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| 4 +1 | indisposable right |
Oliver Simões
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| 4 | inviolability of the right to life |
liz askew
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| 3 | inalienable good |
Nelson Soares
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Change log
Apr 2, 2022 16:45: Barbara Cochran, MFA Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Barbara Cochran, MFA
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life is an inalienable right
That's what we call it here in the US, as put forth in the United States Constitution. Every citizen, according to the Constitution, has the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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Mario Freitas
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Obrigada, Mario.
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Muriel Vasconcellos
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Thank you, Muriel.
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Thanks, Mark!
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Nelson Soares
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inalienable good
Sugestão.
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inviolability of the right to life
united nations - OHCHR
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The 1988 Brazilian Constitution represented a legal milestone in the ... aliens the inviolability of their right to life and personal safety and prohibits, ...
1966 COVgjsiANT ON ClVlk'ANJD POLITICAL RIGHTS
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s) The approval of Federal Law no. ... Article 5 of the 1988 Brazilian Constitution ensures the inviolability of the right to life.
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The Constitution of Brazil - Bloomsbury Professional
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by VA da Silva · 2019 — The Bill of Rights of Brazil ' s 1988 Constitution is quite lengthy. The ... Art 5 guarantees the inviolability of the rights to life, liberty,.
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Oliver Simões
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indisposable right
Apparently, according to the Brazilian Constitution, the two words (inalienável, indisponível) don't overlap, they appear side by side. See https://www.google.com/search?q="inalienável e indisponível"...
I just posted a reference re. "direitos inalienáveis" vs. "direitos indisponíveis".
Example Sentences
The Brazilian Constitution of 1988 provides Brazil's indigenous peoples with “inalienable and indisposable” rights to their homelands, including control over water bodies, rivers, and subsoil resources.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S259033221...
Other examples: https://www.google.com/search?q="indisposable right"
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Stating the obvious:
indisposable: (adj) that which cannot be disposed of
See disposable: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/disp...
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Archbishop to UN: "life is not at anyone's disposal"
... "In the same manner that the right to life cannot be disposed of at will, the right to religious freedom cannot be subject to human caprice." (emphasis added)
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/10839/archbishop-to-...
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In my view, it's not coincidental that the right to life was deemed as a "bem indisponível" Brazil's Constitution of 1988:
"On February 11, 1985, St John Paul II founded the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers. In 1994, this Pontifical Council issued the first Charter for Health Care Worker. Taking into account, on one hand, the rapid advances in science, biotechnology and biomedicine, and, on the other, the new documents on the matter from the magisterium of the Church, the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance issued in 2016 an updated and expanded New Charter for Health Care Workers. (...)
SECOND PART: LIVING. It is the longest part (nos. 40-143, pp. 37-101). Sub-titles: Human life inviolable and ‘indisposable,’ Abortion and the destruction of nascent life, Embryo reduction, Interception and contragestation, Ectopic pregnancies, Anencephalic fetuses..." (emphasis added) https://www.oclarim.com.mo/en/2018/05/18/for-ministers-of-li...
This paper examines the role of the Catholic Church in the Brazilian National Constituent Assembly 1987-1988: https://www.scielo.br/j/pp/a/zsrJVpLTTkQCJHvjkrqyJnG/?lang=p...
I just posted a reference re. "direitos inalienáveis" vs. "direitos indisponíveis".
Example Sentences
The Brazilian Constitution of 1988 provides Brazil's indigenous peoples with “inalienable and indisposable” rights to their homelands, including control over water bodies, rivers, and subsoil resources.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S259033221...
Other examples: https://www.google.com/search?q="indisposable right"
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Note added at 53 mins (2022-03-25 20:23:16 GMT)
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Stating the obvious:
indisposable: (adj) that which cannot be disposed of
See disposable: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/disp...
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Note added at 1 hr (2022-03-25 20:38:06 GMT)
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Archbishop to UN: "life is not at anyone's disposal"
... "In the same manner that the right to life cannot be disposed of at will, the right to religious freedom cannot be subject to human caprice." (emphasis added)
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/10839/archbishop-to-...
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Note added at 1 hr (2022-03-25 21:07:18 GMT)
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In my view, it's not coincidental that the right to life was deemed as a "bem indisponível" Brazil's Constitution of 1988:
"On February 11, 1985, St John Paul II founded the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers. In 1994, this Pontifical Council issued the first Charter for Health Care Worker. Taking into account, on one hand, the rapid advances in science, biotechnology and biomedicine, and, on the other, the new documents on the matter from the magisterium of the Church, the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance issued in 2016 an updated and expanded New Charter for Health Care Workers. (...)
SECOND PART: LIVING. It is the longest part (nos. 40-143, pp. 37-101). Sub-titles: Human life inviolable and ‘indisposable,’ Abortion and the destruction of nascent life, Embryo reduction, Interception and contragestation, Ectopic pregnancies, Anencephalic fetuses..." (emphasis added) https://www.oclarim.com.mo/en/2018/05/18/for-ministers-of-li...
This paper examines the role of the Catholic Church in the Brazilian National Constituent Assembly 1987-1988: https://www.scielo.br/j/pp/a/zsrJVpLTTkQCJHvjkrqyJnG/?lang=p...
Peer comment(s):
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Kathleen Goldsmith-Killing
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Thank you, Kathleen.
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Muriel Vasconcellos
: Very few examples from contemporary English; most are translations or from the 1800s.
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Reference comments
38 mins
Oliver Simões
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Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Spanish to Portuguese, and 2 more.
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Reference:
Diretos inalienáveis vs. Direitos indisponíveis
Direitos Indisponíveis
As pessoas não podem dispor dos direitos da personalidade. Os direitos da personalidade são extrapatrimoniais (não têm valor econômico). A indisponibilidade também é relativa, pois o Código Civil prevê possibilidades de disposição dos direitos da personalidade.
Como, por exemplo, a possibilidade de disposição do próprio corpo – de forma gratuita - para fins de transplantes ou fins de pesquisa.
Direitos Inalienáveis
Não podem ser objeto de cessão gratuita ou onerosa. Nesse sentido, os direitos da personalidade são inalienáveis, incessíveis e intransacionáveis.
https://trilhante.com.br/trilha/direito-civil-parte-geral/cu...
As pessoas não podem dispor dos direitos da personalidade. Os direitos da personalidade são extrapatrimoniais (não têm valor econômico). A indisponibilidade também é relativa, pois o Código Civil prevê possibilidades de disposição dos direitos da personalidade.
Como, por exemplo, a possibilidade de disposição do próprio corpo – de forma gratuita - para fins de transplantes ou fins de pesquisa.
Direitos Inalienáveis
Não podem ser objeto de cessão gratuita ou onerosa. Nesse sentido, os direitos da personalidade são inalienáveis, incessíveis e intransacionáveis.
https://trilhante.com.br/trilha/direito-civil-parte-geral/cu...
Discussion
YourDictionary.com: https://www.yourdictionary.com/indisposable
Definitions.org: https://definition.org/define/indisposable/
Collins: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/submission/9828/indispo...
WordSense: https://www.wordsense.eu/indisposable/
Indisposable Concept: https://indisposableconcept.com/
Wiktionary: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/indisposable
And last but not least, the links to a couple of Google Books and to "The Baker McKenzie International Arbitration Yearbook" (2017-2018) that I provided earlier.
I wonder if "indisposable" is one of those concepts that may have been lost over time. I found other instances, although not related to the right to life:
indisposable right
- pertaining to property habitable: https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Treatise_on_Homestead...
- related to rent indexation in a court ruling:
https://f.datasrvr.com/fr1/018/76508/BakerMcKenzie_IAY_2017-...