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​definitions


​human rights                genocide >             crimes against humanity >


​​the
​universal declaration

of ​human rights
abbreviated for educational purposes only
​

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.

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