“A person who sleeps on their rights is not protected.”
This is a famous legal proverb from the West. “Right” refers to the power to perform an action or to justly demand something from another person. However, even such rights can be lost if they are not actively exercised. The legal system that formalizes this is the “statute of limitations.”
For example, money that was lent, unpaid wages, or insurance payments after being diagnosed with an illness are all rights that can rightly be claimed from the debtor or insurance company. But if the person holding the right makes no effort to collect within a certain period of time, the claim expires. In other words, someone who does not exercise their rights loses those rights legally. Ultimately, the statute of limitations is a law established to penalize those who are negligent in exercising their rights.
Rights are not given forever. They are only valid for those who recognize the value of the rights given to them and act accordingly to make use of them.