40 Examples of Duties and Rights

The duties and the Rights they constitute the two sides of the same coin within any legal system: duties are those obligations that society imposes on us and that we must comply with; and rights are those things that society in return allows or grants us.

All legal subjects have duties and rights, but the duties are not subject to the respect of the rights, nor the rights depend on the fulfillment of the duties. This means that, in principle, we continue to have duties even when one of our rights is violated, and that we continue to have rights even if we do not comply with any of our duties. However, in many cases society can decide the opposite: a person who does not pay taxes on his car or does not comply with traffic laws, for example, he may lose the enjoyment of his right to circulate freely in his vehicle.

Duties and rights are a fundamental aspect of the legal and social order, and every good citizen undertakes to comply with its obligations and to demand the fulfillment of its rights when correspond.

Differences between duties and rights

The key differences between duties and rights can be summarized as follows:

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Some examples of duties are as follows:

1. Comply with tax obligations, that is, pay taxes.
2. Vote in important elections and referendums (in some countries it is a legal duty, in others it is more of a moral duty).
3. Respect traffic laws when driving.
4. Respect the fundamental rights of other citizens without distinction.
5. Serve as a jury in a legal proceeding if requested by the State.
6. Tell the truth whenever we take an oath.
7. Perform compulsory military service (in countries where it exists).
8. Carry out the chosen profession in an ethical and responsible manner.
9. Respect the freedoms of others and the property of others.
10. Respond for their own children or descendants before the State and before others.
11. Honor what was agreed in a verbal or written contract.
12. Respect professional or confessional secrecy unless someone's life is in danger.
13. Defend the homeland in case of war.
14. Collaborate with the clarification of a crime.
15. Protect the innocent and denounce the guilty.
16. Give way to pedestrians when driving.
17. Pay legally contracted debts.
18. Fulfill the pledged word.
19. Declare reliable tax information.
20. Rebel against an unjust government and restore the rule of law.

Examples of rights

Some examples of rights are as follows:

1. The right to life.
2. The right to a quality education.
3. The right to free transit.
4. The right to direct, secret and universal suffrage.
5. The right to legitimate defense.
6. The right to a lawyer if required, and also to a free lawyer if you cannot afford one.
7. The right to private property.
8. The right to free exercise of the profession.
9. The right to freely profess one's religion.
10. The right to physical and psychological integrity.
11. The right to free expression.
12. The right to free consumption.
13. The right to free association for lawful purposes.
14. The right to non-discrimination on racial, sexual or gender-oriented grounds.
15. The right to marriage between persons of the same sex.
16. The right to legal possession of weapons.
17. The right to identity.
18. The right to work and to enjoy its benefits.
19. The right to protest.
20. The right to recognition of legal personality.

References:

• "Awareness of rights and duties" in Wikipedia.
• "duty" in Wikipedia.
• "Rights" in Wikipedia.
• “Rights and duties” (video) in Children's CNTV.
• "What are rights and duties?" in SINDIC (Spain).

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