And, strengthening “rights” refers to “all” rights.
Fatai Omotosho 19. Lecturer Department of General Studies, Federal Polytechnic Ede, Osun State. Fundamental Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy of Nigeria. Journal of Philosophy, Culture and Religion www.iiste.org ISSN 2422-8443 An International Peer-reviewed Journal DOI: 10.7176/JPCR Vol.40, 2019
Legal rights refer to all those rights found within existing legal codes that are protected by law and enforceable. A legal right is a right that enjoys the recognition and protection of the law (enforceable). A legal right cannot be said to exist prior to its passing into law and the limits of its validity are set by the jurisdiction of the body that passed the relevant legislation. An example of a legal right would be women’s right to vote and be voted for in Nigeria, as enshrined in the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Unlike moral rights which are grounded in moral reasons, legal rights derive from the laws of the society, legislature, customary rights that exist by local convention. Legal rights are such that, in theory, if they are violated, violator scan be punished by the criminal system (Omotosho 2017, 6 - 8).