 A group right is a right possessed by a group qua group rather than by its members severally. It contrasts with a right held by an individual person as an individual. An example of a commonly asserted group right is the right of a nation or a people to be self-determining. If there is such a right, it is a right possessed and exercised by a nation or a people as a group. It will not be reducible to the individually-held rights to individual self-determination of those who belong to the relevant nation or people. Other rights that have often been asserted as group rights include the right of a cultural group that its culture should be respected and perhaps protected; the right of a linguistic group that its language should be usable and provided for in the public domain; and the right of a religious group that it should be free to engage in collective expressions of its faith. Groups rights are also claimed for organized groups such as commercial corporations, churches, political parties, universities and charitable associations. In each of these cases, the right is a right held by the group qua group, and duties generated by the right will be duties owed to the group.