Human Rights Flashcards
United Nations Declaration of Human Rights
a statement adopted by the United Nations and all their signatures, including the UK, to protect human beings in special regards
Article 1
right to equality
Article 2
right to freedom from discrimination
Article 3
right to life, liberty and personal security
Article 4
right to freedom from slavery
Article 5
right to freedom from torture and degrading treatment
Article 6
right to recognition as a person before the law
Article 7
right to equality before the law
Article 8
right to remedy a competent tribunal
Article 9
right to freedom from arbitrary arrest and exhile
Article 10
right to a fair public hearing
Article 11
right to be considered innocent until proven guilty
Article 12
right to freedom from interference in privacy, family, home and correspondence
Article 13
right to free movement in and out of the country
Article 14
right to asylum in other countries and the freedom to change it
Article 15
right to a nationality and the freedom to change it
Article 16
right to marry and have a family
Article 17
right to own property
Article 18
right to free belief and opinion
Article 19
right to freedom of opinion and information
Article 20
right to peaceful assembly and association
Article 21
right to participate in government and free elections
Article 22
right to social security
Article 23
right to desirable work and to join trade unions
Article 24
right to rest and leisure
Article 25
right to an adequate living standard
Article 26
right to an education
Article 27
right to participate in the cultural life of the community
Article 28
right to a social order that articulates this document
Article 29
right to community duties essential to free and full development
