Civil Rights
The civil rights are the most important class of rights. They protect the freedom of every individual. As well they enable every human being to take part in civil and also political life. Discrimination and repression is prohibited. As well civil rights ensure the safety and physical integrity of every human being and citizen of a specific country. This law protects from any discrimination: due to gender, race, religion, age, sexual orientation, physical or mental disabilities and others. Beyond that civil rights save also the individual … [Read More...]
Equality
The principle, which is important for every human being living in a country of rights, is the equality before law. It contains the idea that every individual is treated before the law in the same way, without difference between race, gender and other attributes. As well the seventh article of the United Nation’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights points out, that every human being is equal before the law. This declaration is very important for the world, as there are a lot of people living under racial or sexual discrimination. Especially the poor and the … [Read More...]
Rechtsstaat
The word “Rechtsstaat” has its origin in the German language. It describes a country or nation, which is subject to a specific law or constitution. It can also be described as a European legal thinking. The term “Rechtsstaat” is translated as a legal state as well as a state of law, rights or justice. The idea of such a Rechtsstaat is as well projected to the rule of law in the Anglo-American area. A Rechtsstaat protects its citizens from arbitrary exercise of authority and is, for this reason, of course limited. The people living in such a … [Read More...]