All rights have to be protected and enforced.
Laws provide this: legal protection.
Whether a right is protected by law or not is usually
the decision of each individual country's government.
the decision of each individual country's government.
If a national law does not exist,
sometimes, a state or city may provide the legal protection instead.
sometimes, a state or city may provide the legal protection instead.
An example of this are U.S. cities that promote/enforce
stronger clean air laws than the U.S. federal government provides,
for the Right to Clean Air.
Law leads to justice.
This seems obvious.
for the Right to Clean Air.
Law leads to justice.
This seems obvious.
The best case scenario for rights, however, would be
to utilize the role of international law in protecting human rights and social justice.
This is especially needed with basic survival needs,
such as the Right to Food or the Right to Water.
such as the Right to Food or the Right to Water.
But different countries and cultures have trouble agreeing.
Still, it would seem we could find a united consensus
on laws protecting the most basic rights,
such as those above or the Right to Life for Humans.
Rights justice has a long way to progress.
International law organizations could help in this effort.
The effectiveness of international law as a role player for
basic needs-rights is a huge untapped resource in the fight for global justice.
Still, we have a Right to Justice.
Justice is what love looks like in public.
Cornel West
Rights justice has a long way to progress.
International law organizations could help in this effort.
The effectiveness of international law as a role player for
basic needs-rights is a huge untapped resource in the fight for global justice.
Still, we have a Right to Justice.
Justice is what love looks like in public.
Cornel West
