Rights of grievance and denunciation in the 2013 Constitution and some mechanisms to ensure the exercise of the rights of grievance and denunciation

Abstract

Human rights, rights, and obligations of citizens are important contents affirmed
and recorded in the 2013 Constitution - the supreme legal document of the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam. Among the groups of human rights recognized in Chapter II of the
2013 Constitution, the right of grievance and denunciation, in particular, are fundamental
rights closely associated with state management activities, serving as a means to express
the democratic rights of the people and exercise their oversight over the state apparatus.
This article provides an overview of human rights; the right of grievance and denunciation;
legal provisions on grievances, denunciations, and some mechanisms to ensure the exercise
of the right of grievance and denunciation at present. This presents evaluative viewpoints
and directions for further improvement to enhance the effectiveness of exercising these
rights in practice