All UN Member States have pledged themselves to achieve the Universal Declaration of Human Rights promoting universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights Simplified format
Article 1: All human beings are born free and equal.
Article 2: Everyone is entitled to the same rights without discrimination.
Article 3: The right to life, liberty and security of person.
Article 4: No one shall be held in slavery or servitude.
Article 5: No one shall be subjected to torture.
Article 6: The right to be recognized as a person before the law.
Article 7: The right to the protection of the law.
Article 8: The right to justice.
Article 9: No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.
Article 10: The rights to a fair trial.
Article 11: The right to be considered innocent until proven guilty.
Article 12: The right to privacy.
Article 13: The right to freedom of movement.
Article 14: The right to seek asylum from persecution.
Article 15: The right to a nationality.
Article 16: The right to marry and found a family.
Article 17: The right to own property.
Article 18: The right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion.
Article 19: The right to freedom of opinion and expression.
Article 20: The right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.
Article 21: The right to take part in government.
Article 22:The right to social security and the shared benefits of society's progress.
Article 23: The right to work, to a fair wage, and to join a trade union.
Article 24: The right to rest and leisure.
Article 25: The right to a decent standard of living, adequate for health and well being.
Article 26: The right to education.
Article 27: The right to freely participate in the cultural life of a community.
Article 28: Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which these rights can be fully realized.
Article 29: Everyone has duties to the community.
Article 30: No person has the right to destroy any of these rights and freedoms.
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All UN Member States have pledged themselves to achieve the Universal Declaration of Human Rights promoting universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms. The International Bill of Human Rights
UN HCHR The International Bill of Human Rights consists of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and its two Optional Protocols.
UN Human Rights Day - Kit 1997
United Nation HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 2003 10 DECEMBER 2003
