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DESCRIPTION: Human Rights Day, Dignity and Justice for all of us: \n10 December 2007 
 \nUniversal Declaration of \nHuman Rights \nMany things can be said about 
 the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). It is the foundation of 
 international human rights law, the first universal statement on the basic 
 principles of inalienable human rights, and a common standard of 
 achievement for all peoples and all nations. As the UDHR approaches its 
 60th birthday, it is timely to emphasize the living document’s enduring 
 relevance, its universality, and that it has everything to do with all of 
 us. Today, the UDHR is more relevant than ever.\n\nUniversality\nIt was the 
 UDHR, almost 60 years ago, that first recognized what have become nowadays 
 universal values: human rights are inherent to all and the concern of the 
 whole of the international community. Drafted by representatives of all 
 regions and legal traditions, the UDHR has stood the test of time and 
 resisted attacks based on “relativism”. The Declaration and its core 
 values, including non-discrimination, equality, fairness and universality, 
 apply to everyone, everywhere and always. The UDHR belongs to all of us.  
 \n\nMore than ever, in a world threatened by racial, economic and religious 
 divides, we must defend and proclaim the universal principles --first 
 enshrined in the UDHR-- of justice, fairness and equality that people 
 across all boundaries hold so deeply.\n\nEnduring Relevance\nHuman rights 
 are not only a common inheritance of universal values that transcend 
 cultures and traditions, but are quintessentially local values and 
 nationally-owned commitments grounded in international treaties and 
 national constitutions and laws. \n\nThe Declaration represents a contract 
 between governments and their peoples, who have a right to demand that this 
 document be respected. Not all governments have become parties to all human 
 rights treaties.  All countries, however, have accepted the UDHR. The 
 Declaration continues to affirm the inherent human dignity and worth of 
 every person in the world, without distinction of any kind. \n\nOngoing 
 struggle\nThe UDHR protects all of us, and it also enshrines the gamut of 
 human rights. The drafters of the UDHR saw a future of freedom from fear, 
 but also of freedom from want. They put all human rights on an equal 
 footing and confirmed human rights are essential to a life of dignity. 
 \n\nThe UDHR drafters’ vision has inspired many human rights defenders 
 who have struggled over the last six decades to make that vision a reality. 
 The contemporary international human rights edifice that originates in the 
 UDHR is to be celebrated. But it has yet to benefit all of humanity 
 equally. \n\nThe struggle is far from over. As the Declaration’s 
 custodians and beneficiaries, all of us must reclaim the UDHR, make it our 
 own. While we are entitled to our human rights, we should also respect the 
 human rights of others and help make universal human rights a reality for 
 all of us. In our efforts lies the power of the UHDR: it is a living 
 document that will continue to inspire generations to come.\n\n Universal 
 Declaration of Human Rights - English 
 (English)\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nUniversal 
 Declaration of Human Rights\nPreamble\nWhereas 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, 
 \n\nWhereas 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 enjoy freedom of speech and 
 belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest 
 aspiration of the common people, \n\nWhereas it is essential, if man is not 
 to 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, \n\nWhereas it is essential to promote the development of friendly 
 relations between nations, \n\nWhereas 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, \n\nWhereas Member States have pledged 
 themselves to achieve, in cooperation with the United Nations, the 
 promotion of universal respect for and observance of human rights and 
 fundamental freedoms, \n\nWhereas a common understanding of these rights 
 and freedoms is of the greatest importance for the full realization of this 
 pledge, \n\nNow, therefore, \n\nThe General Assembly, \n\nProclaims 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. \n\nArticle 1 \nAll human beings are born free and 
 equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience 
 and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. \n\nArticle 
 2 \nEveryone 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 opinion, national or social origin, 
 property, birth or other status. \n\nFurthermore, 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. \n\nArticle 3 \nEveryone has the right to life, liberty and 
 security of person. \n\nArticle 4 \nNo one shall be held in slavery or 
 servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their 
 forms. \n\nArticle 5 \nNo one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, 
 inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. \n\nArticle 6 \nEveryone has 
 the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law. \n\nArticle 
 7 \nAll are equal before the law and are entitled without any 
 discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal 
 protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and 
 against any incitement to such discrimination. \n\nArticle 8 \nEveryone 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. \n\nArticle 9 \nNo one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, 
 detention or exile. \n\nArticle 10 \nEveryone 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. \n\nArticle 11 \nEveryone 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. \nNo 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. \nArticle 12 \nNo one shall be subjected 
 to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, 
 nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to 
 the protection of the law against such interference or attacks. \n\nArticle 
 13 \nEveryone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the 
 borders of each State. \nEveryone has the right to leave any country, 
 including his own, and to return to his country. \nArticle 14 \nEveryone 
 has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from 
 persecution. \nThis 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. \nArticle 15 \nEveryone has 
 the right to a nationality. \nNo one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his 
 nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality. \nArticle 16 
 \nMen 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. \nMarriage shall be entered into only with the free and 
 full consent of the intending spouses. \nThe family is the natural and 
 fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society 
 and the State. \nArticle 17 \nEveryone has the right to own property alone 
 as well as in association with others. \nNo one shall be arbitrarily 
 deprived of his property. \nArticle 18 \nEveryone 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. \n\nArticle 19 \nEveryone 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. 
 \n\nArticle 20 \nEveryone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and 
 association. \nNo one may be compelled to belong to an association. 
 \nArticle 21 \nEveryone has the right to take part in the government of his 
 country, directly or through freely chosen representatives. \nEveryone has 
 the right to equal access to public service in his country. \nThe 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. \nArticle 22 \nEveryone, 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 organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social 
 and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development 
 of his personality. \n\nArticle 23 \nEveryone has the right to work, to 
 free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to 
 protection against unemployment. \nEveryone, without any discrimination, 
 has the right to equal pay for equal work. \nEveryone who works has the 
 right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his 
 family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if 
 necessary, by other means of social protection. \nEveryone has the right to 
 form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests. 
 \nArticle 24 \nEveryone has the right to rest and leisure, including 
 reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay. 
 \n\nArticle 25 \nEveryone has the right to a standard of living adequate 
 for the health and well-being of himself and of 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. \nMotherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and 
 assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy 
 the same social protection. \nArticle 26 \nEveryone 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. 
 \nEducation 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. 
 \nParents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be 
 given to their children. \nArticle 27 \nEveryone 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. \nEveryone 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. 
 \nArticle 28 \nEveryone is entitled to a social and international order in 
 which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully 
 realized. \n\nArticle 29 \nEveryone has duties to the community in which 
 alone the free and full development of his personality is possible. \nIn 
 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. \nThese rights and freedoms may in 
 no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United 
 Nations. \nArticle 30 \nNothing 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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