CLJ2 Flashcards
Also known as great charter, “signed by the king of england in 1215, was attorney point in human rights
Magna carta
Was arguably the most significant early influence on the extensive historical process that lead to the rule of constitutional law today in the english speaking world
Magna carta for great charter
Widely viewed as one of the most important legal documents in the development of the modern democracy, it is the crucial turning point in the struggle to establish freedom
Magna carta
the first document to put into writing the principle that the king and his government was not above the law. It sought to prevent the king from exploiting his power, and placed limits of royal authority by establishing law as a power in itself.
Magna carta
All 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.
All human beings are free and equal
Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedom, without distinction of any kind, such as race, color, sex language religion political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.
No discrimination
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person
Right to life
No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms
No slavery
No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment
No torture and inhuman treatment
Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law
Same right to use law
All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination or equal protection of the law
Equal before the law
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
Right to treated fair by court
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest detention or exile
No unfair detainment
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 obligation and of any criminal charge against him
Right to trial
Everyone charged with a penal offense 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 defense
Innocent until proved guilty
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation
Right to privacy
Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state. Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country
Right to movement and residence
Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution. This right may not be involved in the case of prosecution genuinely arising from non political crimes or from acts contrary to the purpose and principle of the united nations
Right to asylum
Everyone has the right to a nationality. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor deny the right change his nationality
Right to nationality
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.
Right to marry and have family
Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as association with others. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property
Right to own things