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Grammar detail: 〜に関わる(にかかわる)

〜に関わる(にかかわる)  pertaining to ~; related to ~
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かか
わる
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pertaining to ~; concerning ~; related to ~
に関わる can be used when describing the relationship between the noun that comes directly before に関わる and the noun that comes directly after. The noun that comes before に関わる qualifies the noun that comes after.
In the example below 人権に関わる qualifies 大切な問題, so that it becomes 'an important issue pertaining to human rights'.
プライバシー
ほご
保護
じんけん
人権
かか
わる
たいせつ
大切
もんだい
問題
です
The protection of privacy is an important issue bearing on human rights.
There is often an association with 'influence' of 'impact' when に関わる is used this way. The next sentence is also and example of this.
がん
いのち
かか
わる
びょうき
病気
だから
はっけん
発見
したら
すぐに
ちりょう
治療
しなければならない

Cancer is a life-threatening disease, so when found it must be treated quickly.
The sentence below shares a similar meaning. This example demonstrates how に関わる can be used without placing a noun directly after.
まいにち
毎日
しょくせいかつ
食生活
けんこう
健康
かかわるので
かいぜん
改善
してください

Your daily diet impacts your health, so please improve it.
The meaning of に関わる in the next sentences is closer to 'related to', 'involves' or 'to do with'. The nuance differs from the way that it is used in the first three sentences.
この
けん
きみ
りがい
利害
かか
わる
こと
The matter touches your interest.
わたし
かれ
はんざい
犯罪
かか
わった
こと
いた

I heard of his involvement in crime.
おうべい
欧米
かか
わる
しごと
仕事
している
わり
かれ
えいごりょく
英語力
そんなにいい
おも
いません

Despite dealing with Europe and America in his work, his English ability doesn't seem that good to me.
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Kanji used in this grammar

カン   せき barrier   かかわる to be connected   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ケン   ゴン    a right   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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セツ   サイ   き to cut   きれる to break, to snap   
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モン   と question   と to ask   とん wholesale   
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ダイ    topic   
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ホ   たも to protect, safeguard   
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ゴ    defend, protect   
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ガン    cancer   
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メイ   ミョウ    life; fate   いのち life   
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ヘイ   ビョウ   やまい illness   や to fall ill   
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キ   ケ    spirit   
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ハツ   ホツ    emission, discharge   
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ケン   み to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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ジ   チ   おさめる to govern   おさまる to be at peace   なお to get better   なお to cure   
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リョウ    cure, heal, treat   
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マイ   every, each
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ショク   ジキ    food   たべる to eat   く to eat   
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セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   う to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   お to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
カツ    activity, resuscitation   
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ケン   すこやか healthy   
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コウ    peace, composure   
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カイ   あらためる to reform   あらたまる to be renewed; to be formal   
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ゼン   virtuous   よ virtous, good   
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ケン    affair, matter   
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クン   きみ you   
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リ    effective, interest, profit, advantage   き to be effective   
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ガイ    damaged, injured   
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シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ヒ   かれ he   
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ハン   crime   おか to commit a crime   
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ザイ   つみ sin   
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ブン   モン   き to listen, to hear   きこえる to be heard   
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オウ    Europe   
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ベイ   マイ   こめ rice   
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シ   ジ   つかえる to attend to   
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ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
カツ   わ to separate, to divide   われる to split apart, to crack   わり proportion, 10%   さ to cut up   
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エイ    England; hero; flower   
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ゴ   かた to talk, relate   かたらう to talk together, chat   
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リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
シ   おも to think   
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