The phrase "affirmation of rights" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing the recognition or validation of individual or collective rights, often in legal, social, or political discussions.
Example: "The new legislation serves as an affirmation of rights for marginalized communities, ensuring their voices are heard."
Alternatives: "recognition of rights" or "validation of rights".
The Equal Rights Amendment, which was introduced for the first time in 1923 by Alice Paul finally passed both houses of Congress in 1972.* It attempts to modify the U.S. Constitution to include this basic affirmation: "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex".
In England, for example, conservative political thinkers such as Edmund Burke and David Hume united with liberals such as Jeremy Bentham to condemn the doctrine, the former out of fear that public affirmation of natural rights would lead to social upheaval, the latter out of concern lest declarations and proclamations of natural rights substitute for effective legislation.
The Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn, said the ban was an affirmation of the rights of nonsmokers.
The Wisconsin case stands as a ringing affirmation of students' rights and academic freedom.
He switched his affiliation to Republican in 1989, when the local party adopted an affirmation of abortion rights in its platform.
It marked an end of "patient sufferance" under tyranny, the end of "allegiance to the British Crown" and an affirmation of natural rights that this nation still embodies.
An early affirmation of property rights would have done Netscape a whole lot more good than the government's antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft has a decade later.
An early affirmation of property rights would have done Netscape a whole lot more good than the government's antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft a decade later.
The court's decision is a "crucial affirmation of civil rights and the distinction between public power and personal liberty," said Madhav Khosla, an Indian constitutional scholar.
