REED Flashcards
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.
Article 1
Everyone 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. Furthermore, 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.
Article 2
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person
Article 3
No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.
Article 4
No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Article 5
Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.
Article 6
all 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
Article 7
everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted to him by the constitution or by law
Article 8
no one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile
Article 9
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 and of any criminal charge against him
Article 10
- everyone charged has the right to be presumed innocent until proved not so
- no one shall be held guilty on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offence
Article 11
no one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honor and reputationo one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honor and reputation
Article 12
- everyone has the right to freedom of any movement and residence with states
- everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country
Article 13
- everyone has the right to seek and enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution
- right may not be invoked in cases of non-political crimes or from acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations
Article 14
- everyone has the right to a nationality
- no one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality
Article 15
- men and women of full age, without any limitation, have the right to marry and found a family
- marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses
- family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection
Article 16
- everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others
- no one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his territory
Article 17
everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion
Article 18
everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression
Article 19
- everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
- no one may be compelled to belong to an association
Article 20
- right to partake in the government
- right to equal access to public services
- will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government
Article 21
everyone has the right to social security and realization of the economic, social and cultural rights, indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality
Article 22
- everyone has the right to work
- everyone has right to equal pay
- everyone who works has right to favorable remuneration
- everyone has the right to form and join trade unions
Article 23
right to rest and leisure
Article 24
- right to standard living adequate for them and their health
- motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance
Article 25
- right to education
- education shall be directed to the development of the personality and to the respect for human rights and freedoms
- parents have a prior right to choose the education for their children
Article 26