How is the value that a society places on individual rights reflected in that society's government?

The extent to which these rights are protected, and enumerated in the country's laws and constitution reflect the value that the society places on individual rights.

A country, such as the United States or Japan, which enshrines the individual rights of the people in the Constitution and in its laws, clearly places a high value on such rights.

A country that does not, and even goes so far as to outlaw many of these rights, such as the right of public dissent, is not a society that places a high value on such rights (examples include China, Saudi Arabia).