Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Adopted and proclaimed by General Assembly Resolution 217 A (iii) on December 10, 1948

On December 10, 1948, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, whose full text appears in the following pages. Following this historic act the Assembly called upon all Member Countries to publish the text of the Declaration and provide it to be "distributed, exhibited, read and commented in schools and other educational institutions, without distinction based on the political status of the Countries or territories. "

Preamble

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

Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and that has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of man, the advent of a world in which human beings, freed from fear and want, enjoy the freedom of speech and freedom of belief;

Considering essential that human rights are protected by the rule of law, so that the man is not compelled to resort to rebellion against tyranny and oppression;

Whereas it is essential to promote the development of friendly relations among 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 a broader concept of freedom;

Whereas Member States have pledged to achieve, in cooperation with the Organization of the United Nations, universal and effective respect for fundamental rights and freedoms of man and

Whereas a common understanding of these rights and freedoms is of the utmost importance for the full implementation of that commitment;

The General Assembly proclaims this

Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations should strive to ensure that both individuals and institutions, drawing on it constant, promote, through teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international recognition and their universal and effective implementation, both among the peoples of Member States and between the territories under their jurisdiction.

Article 1
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights and are endowed with reason and conscience and should fraternally with each other.

Article 2
1. Everyone is entitled to all rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.

2. Moreover, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, legal or international status of the country or territory of a dependent person whose jurisdiction, whether it is an independent country, as a territory under trusteeship, not autonomous or subject to 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 its forms.

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

Article 6
Every human being has the right, everywhere, the recognition of their legal status.

Article 7
All are equal before the law and are, without distinction, the right 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 that the acts violating the fundamental rights granted by the constitution or by law.

Article 9
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.

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 or to examine any allegations against him in criminal matters.

Article 11
1. Every person accused of crime has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law and public trial in which he has insured all the guarantees necessary for his defense.

2. No one shall be convicted for acts or omissions at the time were not criminal under national law or international. Nor will impose more severe penalty that was applicable at the time of committing the crime.

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

Article 13
1. Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the territory of a State.

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

Article 14
1. In case of persecution, everyone has the right to seek asylum and to enjoy in other countries.

2. This right may not be invoked in 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 marriageable age have the right, without any limitation based on race, nationality or religion, to marry and raise a family, and enjoy equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and If the marriage is dissolved.

2. Only through free and full consent of the intending spouses may contract marriage.

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, individually and collectively.

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 religion or belief and freedom to manifest religion or belief, individually and collectively, both in public and private, teaching, practice, worship and observance.

Article 19
Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression: this right includes the right not to be harassed because of their opinions, to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of the dissemination, regardless of frontiers, by any means expression.

Article 20
1. Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.

2. No one shall be compelled to belong to an association.

Article 21
1. Everyone has the right to participate in the governance of their country, directly or through freely chosen representatives.

2. Everyone has the right to accceso under conditions of equality to public service in his country.

3. The will of the people is the basis of the authority of government; this will be expressed through genuine elections to be held at regular intervals, by universal and equal suffrage and by secret ballot or otherwise equivalent free voting.

Article 22
Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security, and obtain, through national effort and international cooperation, in accordance with the organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social and cultural Indispensable for his dignity and free development of his personality.

Article 23
1. Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favorable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.

2. Everyone has the right, without discrimination, to equal pay for equal work.

3. Everyone who works has the right to just and favorable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence to human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection.

4. Everyone has the right to form and join trade unions to defend their interests.

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

Rule 25
1. Everyone has the right to an adequate standard of living adequate, and his family, health and well-being, including food, clothing, shelter, 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 born in wedlock or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.

Rule 26
1. Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. The Elementary education shall be compulsory. The Technical and professional education shall be made generally available, access to higher education is equal for all, on the basis of merit.

2. Education shall be directed to the full development of human personality and strengthening respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations and all racial or religious groups, and promote the development of the activities of United Nations peacekeepers.

3. Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.

Rule 27
1. Everyone has the right to participate freely in cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.

2. Everyone is entitled to the protection of the moral and material interests held by it resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which is the author.

Article 28
Everyone has the right to establish 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.

2. In exercising their rights and the enjoyment of their freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to limitations set by law for the sole purpose of securing due recognition and respect for human rights and freedoms of others and of meeting the just requirements of morality, public order and 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 meaning that confer any rights to the State, group or person to launch and develop activities or acts aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration.