The spirit of which age?
"...a Bill of Rights “could provide explicit recognition that human rights come with responsibilities and must be exercised in a way that respects the human rights of others”. While this is very politically correct, and probably reflects the spirit of the age very well..."
- provided that 'the age' in question is the nineteenth century; specifically the year 1854.
It's nothing more than a legal restatement of one of the central points of J. S. Mill's 'On Liberty'; that individual A's rights to act do not supercede individual B's rights not to suffer the consequences of A's act without their consent.
Gosh, those pesky politically-correct mid-Victorian liberals...