日本国憲法の「公共の福祉（the public welfare）」
第22条
何人も、公共の福祉（the public welfare）に反しない限り、居住、移転及び職業選択の自由を有する（「英文対訳 日本国憲法」、高見勝利編『あたらしい憲法のはなし 他二篇』岩波現代文庫、2013年、pp.12～13）。
世界人権宣言の「一般の福祉（the general welfare ）」
第29条
- Everyone has duties to the community in which alone the free and full development of his personality is possible.
- In the exercise of his rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to such limitations as are determined by law solely for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others and of meeting the just requirements of morality, public order and the general welfare in a democratic society.
- These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.
第30条
Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein.