Abstract

e assurance of human rights and fundamental freedoms is one of the cornerstones of a democratic society, which respects, assures and fullls constitutional commitments and obligations concerning the international law on the eld of human rights. e implementation of human rights and fundamental freedoms does not depend solely on the organs of the state, but on all of us, who must strive for their implementation in our everyday life. e present article discusses selected juridical, philosophic and normative answers regarding the question of the origin of the human rights and their implementation. It is divided into two parts. In the rst one we discuss the origin of the concept of human rights and try to establish, whether they possess universality. In the second part we discuss selected aspects of everyday protection of human rights within the boundaries of the Slovenian legal order