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universal declaration
of human rights
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On the 10th of December 1948, the United Nations General Assembly voted to proclaim The Universal Declaration of Human Rights as "recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family."
Article 1 The right to dignity and equality Article 2 Freedom from discrimination on the basis of "race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status" as well as "political, jurisdictional or international status" Article 3 The right to life, liberty, and security Article 4 Freedom from slavery; "slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms" Article 5 Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment Article 6 The right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law Article 7 The right to equal protection before the law Article 8 The right to effective remedies by competent tribunals Article 9 Freedom from arbitrary arrest, detention, or exile Article 10 The right to a fair and public hearing Article 11 The right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty Article 12 Freedom from arbitrary interference of privacy, family, home, or correspondence Article 13 Freedom of movement and residence; The right to leave any country, including one's own country; The right to return to one's own country Article 14 The right to seek asylum from persecution Article 15 The right to a nationality; The right to change nationality Article 16 The right to marry - with free and full consent - and found a family Article 17 The right to own property Article 18 Freedom of thought, conscience, and religion, including the right to change religion or belief Article 19 Freedom of opinion and expression, including freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive, and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers Article 20 Freedom of peaceful assembly and association; "No one may be compelled to belong to an association" Article 21 The right to participate in government, and the right to free, periodic, and genuine elections held by secret vote or equivalent free voting procedures Article 22 The right to social security Article 23 The right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favorable conditions of work, and to protection against unemployment; The right to equal pay for equal work; The right to form and to join trade unions Article 24 The right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay Article 25 The right to an adequate standard of living, including food, clothing, housing, medical care, and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age, or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond one's control; "Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance" Article 26 The right to free education in the fundamental stages; The right to equal access to higher education on the basis of merit; "Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further [...] the maintenance of peace." Article 27 The right to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts, and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits Article 28 The right to a social and international order to protect and realize these human rights Article 29 Everyone has duties to the community; Such duties should not contradict the recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others, of public order, and of the general welfare in a democratic society Article 30 Nothing in this declaration can be used to destroy any of the rights or freedoms set forth herein This is an abbreviated version of the rights and freedoms set forth in The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, summarized and presented here for educational purposes only. Read the full text of the Declaration on the website of the United Nations at this link. |