The Essence and Legal Nature of Political Rights and Freedoms in the System of Other Human Rights

Abstract

Examines the essence and problems of determining the legal nature of political rights and freedoms in the system of other human and civil rights from the point of view of the theory of natural and positive human rights; The doctrines of scientists regarding the classification of political rights, their criteria, correlation with personal, socio-economic rights are revealed within the framework of constitutional legal personality. The author concludes that, unlike other fundamental rights, political rights and freedoms, while not being absolute rights, are mainly associated with the institution of citizenship; implemented in an individual and collective format, and the essence of these rights depends on the level of development of the democratic mechanisms of the state, in creating the necessary conditions for the active participation of citizens in the management of affairs of state and public importance.