Editing Civil liberties (section)

==Overview==
[[File:Li-ber-ty.jpg|thumb| upright|Broken Liberty: [[Istanbul]] Archaeology Museum]]
Many contemporary nations have a [[constitution]], a [[bill of rights]], or similar constitutional documents that enumerate and seek to guarantee civil liberties. Other nations have enacted similar laws through a variety of legal means, including signing and ratifying or otherwise giving effect to key conventions such as the [[European Convention on Human Rights]] and the [[International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights]]. The existence of some claimed civil liberties is a matter of dispute, as are the extent of most [[civil rights]]. Controversial examples include [[property rights]], [[reproductive rights]], and [[civil marriage]]. In authoritarian regimes in which government censorship impedes on perceived civil liberties, some civil liberty advocates argue for the use of anonymity tools to allow for free speech, privacy, and anonymity.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ghappour|first=Ahmed|date=2017-09-01|title=Data Collection and the Regulatory State|url=https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/faculty_scholarship/255|journal=Connecticut Law Review|volume=49|issue=5|pages=1733}}</ref> The degree to which societies acknowledge civil liberties is affected by the influence of terrorism and war.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hunter|first=Lance Y.|date=2015-09-18|title=Terrorism, Civil Liberties, and Political Rights: A Cross-National Analysis|journal=Studies in Conflict & Terrorism|language=en|volume=39|issue=2|pages=165–193|doi=10.1080/1057610x.2015.1084165|s2cid=110482777|issn=1057-610X}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Fog |first1=Agner |title=Warlike and Peaceful Societies: The Interaction of Genes and Culture |date=2017 |publisher=Open Book Publishers |isbn=978-1-78374-406-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p845DwAAQBAJ}}</ref> 
Whether the existence of [[victimless crime]]s infringes upon civil liberties is also a matter of dispute. Another matter of debate is the suspension or alteration of certain civil liberties in times of [[war]] or [[state of emergency]], including whether and to what extent this should occur.

The formal concept of civil liberties is often dated back to [[Magna Carta]], an English legal [[charter]] agreed in 1215 which in turn was based on pre-existing documents, namely the [[Charter of Liberties]].<ref>{{cite web|author1=Hugh Starkey |title=Magna Carta - Human rights legislation|url=https://www.bl.uk/magna-carta/articles/human-rights-legislation|publisher=British Library|access-date=22 November 2016|archive-date=22 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122154732/https://www.bl.uk/magna-carta/articles/human-rights-legislation|url-status=dead}}</ref>