difinition of digital rights and responsebiliy
Every country should have a constitution. Almost every country does, and, if not a constitution, then something similar called an ‘uncodified constitution’. A constitution is basically a set of fundamental rules or principles by which a state is governed. Most constitutions will have something called a ‘Bill of Rights’.
In South Africa’s constitution, chapter 2 contains the Bill of Rights, which is a human rights charter that protects the civil, political and socio-economic rights of all people in South Africa. There are 27 rights identified in the chapter, covering all possible areas, such as equality, privacy, speech, etc.
The Bill of Rights is important for every citizen to know what their rights are and how they are protected. There is no standard Bill of Rights that is applied to all countries, nor is it equally effective throughout the world. For example, China has a Bill of Rights, but it is not very effective in protecting the human rights of the
