UN Declaration of Human Rights: Article 8
November 5th, 2008Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law.
The rule of law and a framework for implementing it is the basis of any functioning society. As I am fond of telling passionate eco-warriors, without security there can be no protection of the ecosystem.
How can one establish rights if there is no forum to demonstrate them as valid.
As in article 7, the issues of competency and actual law come to bear here. if the legal structure is weak then it is likely that violations of rights will or could be ignored or overruled.
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