Ikike inwe ihe
Ikike nke ihe onwunwe ma ọ bụ ikike nke inwe akụ na ụba (cf. nwe ) na-anọkarị na nkewa nke ikike mmadụ maka mmadụ nkịtị gbasara ihe onwunwe ha. Nkwenye na ozuzu nke ikike nke ihe onwunwe bụ nchọpụta na adighị afuchi anya na ọ na-abụkarị nke amachiri ebe ọ bụ na ndị nwe iwu nwe ya (ya bụ ụlọ ọrụ ) yana ebe eji ya imepụta ihe karịa iri ya eri. 

A nabatara ikike inwe akụ na ụba na Nkeji edemede 17 nke Universal Declaration of Human Rights,  mana amatabeghị ya na Intanashọnalị Covenantị ọn Sivụl and Politikal Raits ma ọ bụ Intanashọnali Kọnvenantị ọn Ikọnọmik, Soshial andị Kọlchọralị Raits .  Mgbakọ European on Human Rights, na Protokọl 1, edemede 1, kwenyere na ikike maka ndị eke na ndị iwu "ịnụ ụtọ ihe onwunwe n'udo", dabere na "mmasi izugbe ma ọ bụ iji kwụọ ụgwọ ụtụ isi".

Nkọwa 
Ebumnuche nke ikikere nke ihe onwunwe dịka etu esi ghọta ya n'oge a nwere akụ na ụba  enwere ma ọ bụ nke nwee, ma ọ bụ nke ihe onwunwe enwetara ma ọ bụ nke mmadụ enwetere site n'ụzọ ziri ezi. Na- abụghị na mmegide kama na tule nke a, ụfọdụ atụmatụ na-agbachitere ikike zuru ụwa ọnụ nke ihe onwunwe nke onwe, n'echiche nke ikike nke mmadụ ọ bụla iji eweta ihe onwunwe ụfọdụ, dabere na nkwupụta nke akụ sitere n'okike nke ụwa ma ọ bụ echiche ndị ọzọ nke ikpe ziri ezi .

Afrika 
The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) protects the right to property most explicitly in Article 14, stating: A na-enwetakwa ikike ihe onwunwe na Nkeji edemede 13 nke ACHPR, nke na-ekwu na nwa amaala ọ bụla nwere ikike isonye na gọọmentị nke obodo ya, ikike ịha nhatanha na ọrụ ọha na eze yana "ikike ịnweta ihe onwunwe na ọrụ ọha nha nha anya nke mmadu nile n’iru iwu ”. Nkeji edemede 21 nke ACHPR nakweere ikike mmadụ niile nwere iji tufuo akụ na ụba ha yana na a ga-egosipụta ikike a naanị maka ọdịmma ndị mmadụ, ndị nwere ike ghara ịnapụ ikike a. Nkeji edemede 21 kwukwara na "ọ bụrụ na omee ka ndị a chụpụrụ achụpụ nwere ikike iji nwetaghachi ihe onwunwe ya n'ụzọ iwu kwadoro yana ịkwụ ụgwọ zuru oke". 
When the text of the UDHR was negotiated, other states in the Americas argued that the right to property should be limited to the protection of private property necessary for subsistence. Their suggestion was opposed, but was enshrined in the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man, which was negotiated at the same time and adopted one year before the UDHR in 1948. Article 23 of the declaration states: 
After failed attempts to include the right to protection of property in the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), European states enshrined the right to protection of property in Article 1 of Protocol I to the ECHR as the "right to peaceful enjoyment of possessions", where the right to protection of property is defined as such: 

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