Social and economic rights

Relation to socio-economic rights in different countries varies. In the states of totalitarian socialism it is emphasized and they are in first place in the head of the constitutions of the rights and duties of citizens. In the post-socialist constitutions, they pushed back the natural rights of ...

Classification of rights and freedoms

There are different classifications of the rights and freedoms of individuals and citizens (some rights belong to the individual as a whole, while others - only to citizens, and others - to a particular group of citizens, such as under a certain age for the possession of political rights). Mo ...

The methods of acquisition and loss of citizenship

There are two main ways of acquiring citizenship: by birth - filiation (from the Latin word "Filius" - son) and naturalization - the granting of citizenship by the authorized bodies of the state, this is usually done on behalf of the head of state (president, monarch). In turn, the acqu ...

Citizens and nationals

In the constitutional law of foreign countries used the two terms: citizenship and nationality. The first describes a person belonging to a particular state, its robust legal ties with their state, which gives rise to, on the one hand, certain rights and duties towards the state (for example, ...

Individuals and foundations of their legal status

The legal status of a person depends primarily on its status: the citizen, the alien (citizen of another state), a stateless person, a person with multiple (a special case - double) citizenship. The special status of refugees may also have (not citizens of the state of residence), internally disp ...

The legal system and the rights of the individual

Although the fundamental provisions of international law on human rights adopted by most of the nations of the world, specifically the legal status of the individual in society depends on the existing in the country's legal system, from the relevant legal regulations. In a democratic lega ...