There are several properties of moral rights such as concomitant duties, justifiable applicability, and the fact that you do not necessarily have to affirm the human right for it to be violated. As mentioned in Miller and Blackler's “Ethical Issues in Policing,” hypothetically speaking, person A's right to life generates a duty on the part of person B not to kill person A. By virtue of justifiable enforceability, person A has the right not to be killed by person B. Justifiable applicability is simply the use of force that can be claimed. Person B also has a responsibility not to kill person A. If B ignores his obligation and attempts to kill person A, then person A has the right (or someone who observes it, C) to prevent person B from kill person A. This would make A action justifiable. Person A would have had the right in self-defense and Person C, who witnessed the action, has the right to use deadly force to save the life of Person A. Finally, in the context of moral rights, a human right can be violated without it being enforced. For