Human Rights

Why is this important?

The origin of human rights in the Western legal tradition is associated with the natural dignity of the person, and the most widely known classification of them according to content is their division into basic (fundamental or basic), civil, political and social, including economic and cultural rights. In addition, human rights, as a constitutional value, are inextricably linked to two other constitutional values (rule of law and democracy), as they can be practically implemented only in a legal democratic state. Also, human rights are undoubtedly related to such constitutional aspirations as 1) freedom and equality (egalitarianism), 2) justice and 3) the common good as constitutional aspirations. Thus, the principle of freedom here refers to the general principle for individuals to act at their own discretion, of course, if this does not violate the rights of another person and other constitutional values. Similarly, the principle of personal equality or equal rights requires that all persons have the same human rights in a specific legal system, regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender or social status, but equality does not express equality, but the general principle known in antiquity that equals should be treated same, and different - different. In other words, the legislator can distinguish between constitutionally justified differences between groups of citizens (for example, requiring military service from adults, payment of taxes from receiving income, etc.). Meanwhile, the principle of justice in the context of human rights means a) that every person must have the right to compensation ("corrective justice"), b) that a person must have the right to at least minimally equal opportunities, i.e. i.e. to state aid when it is objectively necessary for him and if without it he would not be able to take advantage of certain other human rights, such as a student loan, unemployment benefit, etc. ("distributive justice", English distributive justice). Finally, the principle of the common good in the context of human rights prohibits any person from abusing human rights and always putting private interests above public (common) interests. corrective justice), b) kad asmuo turi turėti teisę į bent minimaliai vienodas galimybes, t. y. į valstybės pagalbą, kai jam ji objektyviai būtina ir jei be jos jis negalėtų pasinaudoti tam tikromis kitomis žmogaus teisėmis, pvz., paskola studijoms, bedarbio pašalpa ir pan. („paskirstomasis teisingumas“, angl. distributive justice). Pagaliau, bendrojo gėrio principas žmogaus teisių kontekste draudžia bet kuriam asmeniui piktnaudžiauti žmogaus teisėmis ir privačius interesus visuomet iškelti aukščiau viešųjų (bendrųjų) interesų.

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