The phrase "assertion of a right" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal, philosophical, or social contexts when discussing the declaration or claim of a specific entitlement or privilege.
Example: "The assertion of a right to free speech is fundamental in democratic societies."
Alternatives: "claim of a right" or "declaration of a right".
Although the defense lawyers have fought to keep control of the case, they have also backed Mr. Kaczynski in his assertion of a right to represent himself.
The assertion of a right is always more persuasive when it is made on behalf of someone unable to speak for themselves.
"State alien residency requirements that either deny welfare benefits to noncitizens or condition them on longtime residency, equate with the assertion of a right, inconsistent with federal policy, to deny entrance and abode.
This was an adequate assertion of a right or immunity under that act, for it named the act, indicated wherein it was claimed to be applicable, and invoked its protection.
In Britain, where dourness can seem to be as much a part of the stereotypical national character as bad food, foul weather and precise distinctions of status, the assertion of a right to be happy can seem almost revolutionary.
However, and here is the rub, this still "leaves scope for interpretation clauses," Grieve has said, "to provide for the better balancing of rights where the assertion of a right undermines the rights of others".
For them the more recent growth of positive rights is a sign of moral growth.The flaw in all this, according to Messrs Holmes and Sunstein, is that the successful assertion of any right, even an ostensibly negative one against unwarranted government interference, inevitably requires government action and expenditure.
But, since each party to this impressive consensus tends to downplay its own responsibilities for the fulfillment of human rights, we need a clearer understanding of what the assertion of a human right entails.
Because the legitimate goal of limiting the death penalty to cases in which a jury recommends it could be achieved without penalizing those defendants who plead not guilty and elect a jury trial, the death penalty provision 'needlessly penalize(d) the assertion of a constitutional right,' 390 U.S., at 583, 88 S.Ct., at 1217, and was therefore unconstitutional.
Reading those lines on paper barely hints at the force of those stanzas as King usually spoke them: a defiant assertion of a black right to belong that rested on something more primal than, and prior to, the nation's official documents and civic heroes.
However unwise and mistaken the demand, it is but the assertion of a natural right, and such must be conceded".
