freedom of movement

human right to travel freely within a country, to leave and return, and to choose one's place of residence or work; also known as mobility rights or the right to travel; includes the right to cross national borders
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Summary

freedom of movement is a fundamental rights[1]. It draws 18 Wikipedia views per month (fundamental_rights category, ranking #2 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • freedom of movement's instance of is recorded as fundamental rights[3].
  • freedom of movement is a type of human rights[4].
  • freedom of movement is part of human rights[5].
  • freedom of movement is part of Four Economic Freedoms[6].
  • freedom of movement is the opposite of captivity[7].
  • freedom of movement's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Freedom of movement[8].
  • freedom of movement's described by source is recorded as Universal Declaration of Human Rights[9].
  • freedom of movement's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Human rights[10].

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Definition and Type

freedom of movement's instance of is recorded as fundamental rights[3]. It is a type of human rights[4]. It is the opposite of captivity[7].

Use and Application

Part of include human rights[5], a convention[11] and Four Economic Freedoms[6], an economic freedom[12].

Why It Matters

freedom of movement draws 18 Wikipedia views per month (fundamental_rights category, ranking #2 of 3).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [11] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20d ago · 7804j · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Hds id → —
    Sitelink count → 39
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'be', 'bg', 'bn', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'et', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Hds id: 010369, Moved to Q141608630 (freedom of domicile in Switzerland): HDS 010369 is the Swiss article that item's enwiki page translates; P902 is distinct"
  2. 13w ago · Bencemac · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → human right to travel freely within a country, to leave and return, and to choos
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Determination method or standard: record linkage, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/260985|batch #260985]]"
  3. 23w ago · Samoasambia · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Part of → human rights, four economic freedoms
    Part of → —
    Opposite of → captivity
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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