PREAMBLE

WHEREAS recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human
                     family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,

WHEREAS disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the
                     conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall freedom of speech and
                     belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common
                     people,

WHEREAS it is essential, if man is not be be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny
                     and oppression, that human rights should be protected by the rule of law,

WHEREAS it is essential to promote the development of friendly relations between nations,

WHEREAS the peoples of the United Nations have in the Charter reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights
                    in the dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women and have
                    determined to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,

WHEREAS Member States have pledged themselves to achieve, in co-operation with the United Nations, the
                     promotion of universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms,

WHEREAS a common understanding of these rights and freedoms is of the greatest importance for the full
                    realization of this pledge,

NOW THEREFORE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROCLAIMS THIS UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
                         as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, to the end that every individual and 
                    every organ of society, keeping this Declaration constantly in mind, shall strive by teaching and education
                    to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international,
                    to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance, both among the peoples of Member
                   States themselves and among the peoples of territories under their jurisdiction.

     Article 1     All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and
                    reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

     Article 2     Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of
                    any kind,such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinions, national or social origins,
                    property, birth or other status.

                    Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status
                    of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing
                    or under any other limitation of sovereignty.

     Article 3     Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.

     Article 4      No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all
                    their forms.

     Article 5      No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

     Article 6      Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.

     Article 7      All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection under the
                    law.   All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and
                    against any incitement to such discrimination.

     Article 8      Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating
                    the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law.

     Article 10    Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial
                    tribunal in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him.

     Article 11    (1)  Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty
                    according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence.
                    (2)   No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission which did not
                    constitute a penal offence, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed. Nor
                    shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the penal offence was
                    committed.

     Article 12     No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence,
                    nor to attacks upon his honor and reputations. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against
                    such interference or attacks.

     Article 13     (1)   Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and esidence within the borders of each State.       

               (2)   Everyone  has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.

     Article 14     (1)   Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.      

                   (2)   This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from non-political
                    crimes or from acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.

     Article 15      (1) Everyone has the right to a nationality.
                     (2)   No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality. 

     Article 16      (1)  Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the
                    right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and
                    at its dissolution.
                    (2)   Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses.
                    (3)   The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society
                    and the State.

     Article 17     (1)   Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others.

                    (2)   No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.

     Article 18    Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to
                    change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or
                    private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.

     Article 19      Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold
                    opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media
                    and regardless of frontiers.

     Article 20     (1)   Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.
                    (2)   No one may be compelled to belong to an association.

     Article 21     (1)   Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely
                    chosen representatives.
                    (2)   Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in his country.
                    (3)   The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in
                    periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret
                    vote or by equivalent free voting procedures.

     Article 22     Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through
                    national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organisation and resources of
                    each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free
                    development of his personality.

     Article 23     (1)   Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of
                    work and to protection against unemployment.
                    (2)   Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work.
                    (3)   Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration insuring for himself and his
                    family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social
                    protection.
                    (4)   Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests.

     Article 24     Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and
                    periodic holidays with pay.

     Article 25     (1)   Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself
                    and his family, including food, clothing, housing and 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 his control.
                    (2) Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in
                    or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.

     Article 26     (1)   Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and
                    fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education
                    shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis
                    of merit.
                    (2)   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 activities of the United
                    Nations for the maintenance of peace.
                    (3)   Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.

     Article 27     (1)   Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts
                    and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.
                    (2)   Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any
                    scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author.

     Article 28     Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth
                    in this Declaration can be fully realized.

     Article 29      (1) Everyone has duties to the community in which alone the free and full development of his
                    personality is possible.
                    (2)   In the exercise of his rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to such limitations as are
                    determined by law solely for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and
                    freedoms of others and of meeting the just requirements of morality, public order and the general
                    welfare in a democratic society/
                    (3)   These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of
                    the United Nations.

     Article 30     Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right
                    to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and
                    freedoms set forth herein.

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