While human rights claims appeal to our ideal self, the degree to which such a peace is achieved is dependent on a variety of circumstances, the most important of which is government and legal support. This is why the legal recognition of rights is given such a high priority. A bill of rights is enshrined in the constitutions of many countries. Because constitutions are the highest law of the state, constitutional recognition of certain rights was of paramount importance to him.
In our country we call them fundamental right. Other laws and policies are supposed to respect the rights granted in the constitution. The rights mentioned in the constitution would be those which are considered to be of basic importance.
In some cases these may be supplemented by claims with gain importance because of the particular history and Customs of a country.
In India for instance we have provision to ban untouchability which draws attention to a traditional social practice in the country.
So important is the legal and constitutional recognization of claims that several theories define rights as a claim they are recognised by the state.
The legal endorsement certainly gives our rights a special status in society but it is not the basis on which rights are claimed.
As we’ve seen, rights have been continuously enlarged and reinterpreted to include previously marginalised groups and to reflect our current sense of what it means to live a life of dignity and respect.
However in most cases the claimed rights are directed towards the state.
That is through these rights paper make demands upon the state.
When I insert my right to education I Call upon the state to make provision for my basic education.
Society Mein also accept the importance of education and contribute to it on its own.
Different groups mein open schools and fund scholarship so that children of all classes can get the benefit of education.
But the primary responsibility rest upon the state.
It is the state that must initiate necessary steps to ensure that my right to education is fulfilled.
Does rights place and obligation upon the state to act in certain kind of ways.
Each right indicates what the state must do as well as it must not do.
For instance my right to life obliges state to make laws that protect me from injury by others.
It calls upon the state to punish those who hurt me or harm me.
If a society feels that the right to life means a right to a good quality of life it expects the state to pursue policies that provide for clean environment along with other conditions that may be necessary for a healthy life.
In other words my right here places certain obligations upon the state to act in a certain way.
Right not only indicate what the state must do they also suggest what the state must refrain from doing.
My right to liberty as a person, for example, suggests that the state cannot simply arrest me at will; if it intends to imprison me, it must defend that action in court, justifying the restriction of my liberty. This is why the police must present an arrest warrant before taking me away.
My rights does place certain constraints upon state actions.
To put it another way our right and show that the authority of the state is exercised without violating the sanctity of individual life and liberty.
The state may be the sovereign authority the laws it makes may be in force with force but the Sovereign state exist not for its own sake but for the sake of the individual.
It is people who matter more and it is their wellbeing that must be pursued by the government in power.
The rulers are accountable for their actions and must not forget the lower exist to ensure the good of the people.