LJUDSKA PRAVA I ASOCIJACIJE CIVILNOG DRUŠTVA U SAVREMENOM PRAVNO-POLITIČKOM SISTEMU, DEMOKRATSKOJ DRŽAVI I DRUŠTVU
HUMAN RIGHTS AND CIVIL SOCIETY ASSOCIATIONS IN CONTEMPORARY LEGAL AND POLITICAL SYSTEM, DEMOCRATIC STATE AND SOCIETY

Summary/Abstract: The evolution of human rights points to the trend of changes in the understanding of human rights, the correlation of the sovereignty of states and human rights, and the relationship between the citizen and the authorities, in legal and political terms, in particular through the enjoyment of political rights and freedoms. Human rights determine the legal position of an individual in relation to state power, by the largest number of human rights states are being restricted in order to achieve human freedoms, or state activity is requested with the aim of protecting human rights. The existence and exercising, standardization and guaranteeing, and the effective protection of fundamental political rights, the freedom of political association, the right to peaceful assembly, freedom of expression and the right to information, the right to participate in government and to participate in the community, as well as the freedom of public and political activity, allow the functioning and interaction of key collective actors of the political system: political parties, non-governmental organizations, interest associations, the media, public opinion, and, above all, and the most important, a citizen as an individual. These rights and freedoms define the role of civil society in democratic processes, provides the basis for active citizenship, encourages the strengthening of marginalized and particularly vulnerable groups, and increases the accountability of the authorities, which makes the basis and quality of participatory democracy. The paper analyzes human rights and associations of civil society, especially in the context of role and importance in the contemporary legal and political system, democratic state and society.

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