Will I be able to defend my rights, your rights?

@kixsh101 (2103)
Philippines
January 31, 2022 7:47pm CST
I believe that everyone should know their rights. I am an avid believer of "No man should be above the law". But for me, there is a necessity to know what are the laws, even the most basic one. What are does the Constitution says? Or simply the Bill of rights which is embodied on it. Not knowing the law, we could not be able to exercise our rights to the fullest. We might be restricting ourselves much, which could be unnecessary. Or we might be doing things, we thought is okay but we violate some laws, that might jeopardize us eventually. So let us know our rights, let us start with the basic ones.
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1 Feb 22
In the Philippines, human rights abuses abound and the violators are the law enforcers themselves. So there you are with the clash between law and human rights, right there. Knowledge of the law and human rights will certainly equip citizens, but it is simply not a deterrent against armed force supposedly mandated to uphold the law.
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• United States
1 Feb 22
Very true.
• United States
1 Feb 22
Your rights are only what your government allows in most places. The US Constitution guarantees individuals rights and freedoms and the Bill of Rights outlines what those rights are. There are usually Amendments added to a Constitution over a number of years. It seems, especially in the US, that some officials have suspended some rights and seek to infringe on others. I'm not properly informed on the Constitution of the Philipines to be able to comment on the contents but one should be aware of what's written in a Constitution. It's the law of the land. The Bill of Rights is the first ten amendments to the US Constitution.
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@kixsh101 (2103)
• Philippines
1 Feb 22
This is informative. Yes, in every country there are different sets of Bill of Rights.
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@RebeccasFarm (86732)
• United States
2 Feb 22
It is only right to abide by this you have a good point.
@choijungeun (2508)
• Hangzhou, China
1 Feb 22
Constitution is a napkin,no one cares or obeys in Cathay.Chinese Constitution says you have the freedom of speech,faith and publish.But if you dared to say anything bad about CCP,you'll be arrested.If you stand to invite people to join Christianism in Public,you'll be arrested.If you write something CCP doesn't like and you publish it by yourself,you'll be arrested.If you dared to criticize the core of CCP in Chinese internet,you'll be arrested.If you dared to speak the truth like Dr.Li Wen-liang,you'll be arrested. Cathay,it's a world beyond the law.Law is nothing,you need to take the power and become the communist.Then you can have the heavenly life.As long as you're loyal to CCP,no one can do anything to you unless you pissed your boss(Higher Officials) or their relatives off. With the power,people will bribe you,will kneel down before you,will worship you as a successful man. So,the only way you can have your human rights is being Communist and totally submit to their wills beyond conscience,laws and truth.What they let you,you have to do it best,then you'll get the higher position.Surely,if you pissed a High-rank Central official in CCP,you'll fall and lose your every rights. The only way you can keep your human rights forever is standing on the top of CCP,that's being the Supreme Leader of Cathay.Then you'll be God,no one can limit you,you can do everything you want,you even can abolish and write the laws you want,no one dares to stop you