Protection of Human Rights as Imperative of Security Function of State Cover Image

Zaštita ljudskih prava kao imperativ bezbednosne funkcije države
Protection of Human Rights as Imperative of Security Function of State

Author(s): Gojko Pavlović
Subject(s): Constitutional Law, International Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Labor relations, Government/Political systems, Security and defense, Politics and law, Politics and religion
Published by: Institut za uporedno pravo
Keywords: state; security; state functions; human rights; protection;

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the development of state functions and activities which they are achieved. Particularly noteworthy is the security functions of the state in its classical sense, ie as an activity of the police on providing security to citizens. This function is yet in modern liberal and social democracies evolved into one of the most important tasks of all constitutional orders: the constitutional, judicial and administrative protection of a number of personal, political, labor, property, religious, ethnic, cultural and other rights and freedoms of man and citizen. The paper also referred to international legal and constitutional guarantees of human rights, and mechanisms for their protection, and the security function of the state is determinated.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 284-299
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Serbian