The phrase "affirm rights" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing the recognition or support of individual or collective rights, often in legal, social, or political discussions.
Example: "The new legislation aims to affirm rights for marginalized communities, ensuring they receive equal treatment under the law."
Alternatives: "uphold rights" or "support rights".
Parts of the fleet occasionally sail into northern areas of the Black Sea, normally considered Soviet waters, to affirm rights of passage.
In a YouTube video posted earlier this month, Obi Canuel, an ordained minister with the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, details a series of actions ICBC took that he claims goes against their policy to affirm "rights to religious expression".
Affirming rights reserved by Northwest Indian tribes in treaties signed in the 1850s, the courts established a framework for the co-management of salmon by state and tribal governments.
Though affirming rights of states on immigration, he said, the court also "left open the possibility that a state action might not be permissible depending on whether it is cooperative" with federal efforts.
The consuls sought to extend their influence by affirming rights of protection over native non-Muslim groups, which until then had been governed under a system that accorded Muslims dominant status.
The commission said, however, that the declaration affirmed rights already held by native groups under treaties with the government and was consistent with recent decisions by the Supreme Court of Canada related to aboriginal rights.
"This law is about affirming rights," Gunner Scott, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC), is quoted by Bay Windows as saying.
This recognition "didn't occur all at once, it came over time," she says, adding that we realized we were affirming "rights people always had".
Annual Report 2001 (covering 2000) Beyond Child Labour, Affirming Rights Jim Grant - UNICEF Visionary No Guns, Please: We are Children!
The court's ruling in Heller v. District of Columbia (no relation to the Arizona activist) did not resolve how that newly affirmed right might work outside the home, particularly where concealed guns are concerned.
The court's ruling in Heller v. District of Columbia (no relation to the Arizona activist) did not resolve how that newly affirmed right might work outside the home, particularly where concealed guns are concerned.
