According to the constitutions and other higher documentsstates, most of them are positioned as legal. This is provided for by acts of international law, by agreements, and by the principles of the United Nations. The most important thing in a civilized state is the rights and duties of its citizens, which must be observed first of all. Their totality may be different in certain countries, but the general principle is approximately the same. So, the rights and duties of a citizen of Ukraine are practically the same as that of citizens of most states of the world.
Meanwhile, rights and obligations are inseparable, and ifspeak more accurately, the duties are always tied to the rights. Through what and how are the rights and duties of a citizen connected? First of all, with the help of a very simple rule - the existence of the law generates the duty of its compliance by other persons. My right is in the role of another person. I have the right to life, accordingly, the duty of other people is to respect and not violate this right. How are the rights and duties of a citizen connected? Implies the wisdom of using rights. Similarly, my right to life gives me the duty to dispose of it reasonably, within the law and without violating the rights and interests of others.
The law itself is quite abstract andpractically does not establish a framework for its limitations, which can be dangerous for society. The connection of the rights and duties of the citizen allows to regulate the actions of the subjects of society and the state in such a way that violation of someone's rights is not allowed. Moreover, the legal system is structured so that a subject with a large number of rights has more responsibilities. This creates unity of rights and duties of citizens, their true proportion, which does not allow the authoritative subjects to abuse their prerogatives. Every right will be accompanied by such a duty, which does not allow to violate the interests of others. Using the famous phrase, "the more power, the more responsibility for it." One way or another, but for each of its rights we have a certain responsibility, even for the so-called natural rights.
Imagine a state that does not know,how the rights and duties of the citizen are connected, moreover, does not seek to create any connection. In this case, absolutely any right becomes unlimited: I have the right to use self-defense weapons, but there is no duty to use it only in extreme cases. I have a right to life, but there is no obligation to dispose of it within the framework of the law, based on the principles of respect for other members of society. Such examples can be continued indefinitely, but the meaning will be one - the lack of a close connection between rights and duties entails the birth and violence of anarchy in society. It's terrible to imagine what the power actors could do, let alone heads of state, if they had not had a huge number of responsibilities to their people, to other authorities, and even to other states and the world community.
If you recall the story, turning to the antiquityor the Middle Ages, one can clearly see the consequences of the absence of any connection between rights and duties. Slaves in a slave society had to observe a number of prohibitions, and they had a huge number of duties, whereas the masters and rulers had the opposite situation. Then no one understood how the rights and duties of a citizen or, in general, a person are related.
At the moment, the list of basic rights andduties of the citizen is constantly increasing. With the advent of new rights, new responsibilities arise. The main list is contained in the constitutions and other higher acts of the state, as well as the basic rights are enshrined in many international conventions and agreements.
Fundamental natural rights are the rightto life, to freedom, to a voice. Derivatives from them are the rights to education, protection and so on. But absolutely they all generate responsibilities, respectively, and the data also have their own "counterbalances". The main duties are inextricably linked with the rights of citizens, it is the duty and reason to dispose of their freedom, and limit themselves in the freedom of speech, so as not to harm other people or slander them. The right to protection (security) presupposes, for example, the duty to maintain such protection and ensure such security, directly or indirectly, through taxes.
