Responsibilities
Limits on human rights
Your human rights are balanced by your responsibility to consider other people鈥檚 human rights and to obey the law.
In some cases, it is necessary to limit the human rights of some individuals to protect others in society.
An example is security cameras, which many see as a violation of our right to privacy. Others say that this is a necessary limit on human rights to ensure that the public is protected from crime.
Convicted criminals have limits on their human rights. Their freedom of movement may be reduced through curfewA rule requiring people to remain indoors at night. or prison sentences.
Their communication with others may be read or listened to while they are under a sentence. This is to protect society at large.
Our responsibilities
We all have human rights. To ensure that we can all enjoy them, we must be aware of our responsibility to protect the human rights of others.
If we violate someone else鈥檚 human rights, we may face charges, fines, or prison.