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
- right to freely participate in the community
- right to the protection of one’s own products (IP laws)
Article 27
right to be entitled to a social or international order in which allows the realization of this Declaration
Article 28
- duty to the community
- exercise of one’s own rights is only limited when it interferes with the rights of others
Article 29
nothing in the Declaration validates any activity aimed to destroy the rights and freedoms of others or found in this Declaration
Article 30
o Catholic church proclaims that life is sacred and that the dignity of the human person is the foundation of a moral vision for society; every person is precious and more important than things
Life and Dignity of a Human Person
o The person is not only sacred but also social. Marriage and the family are the central social institutions that must be supported and strengthened, not undermined.
Call to Family, Community, and Participation
Health community can be achieved only if human rights are protected and responsibilities are met.
Rights and Responsibilities
Our tradition instructs us to put the needs of the poor and vulnerable people first.
Preferential Option for the Poor
The economy must serve the people, not the other way around.
Dignity of Work and the Rights of Workers
We are one human family whatever our national, racial, ethnic, economic and ideological differences.
Solidarity
We are called to protect people and the planet, living our faith in relationship with all of God’s creation.
Care for God’s Creation
Commandments forbid direct and intentional killing
Infanticide, fratricide, parricide, and the murder of a spouse are especially grave for reason of natural bonds
Acceptance of murderous famines is a scandalous injustice and grave offense
Unintentional killing is not morally imputable.
Intentional Homicide
human life must be respected and protected from the moment of conception.
Abortion
Those whose lives are diminished or weakened deserve special respect. Sick or handicapped persons should be helped to lead lives as normal as possible.
Euthanasia
Everyone is responsible for his/her life before God who has given it to them; contradicts the natural inclination of the human being to preserve and perpetuate their life.
Suicide
Respect for human life
-Intentional Homicide
- Abortion
- Euthanasia
- Suicide
Respect for dignity of a person
- Respect for the Soul of Others: Scandal
- Respect for Health
- Respect for the Person and Scientific Research
- Respect for Bodily Integrity
- Respect for the dead
an attitude or behavior which leads another to do evil.
Scandal
takes on a particular gravity by reason of the authority of those who cause it or the weakness of those who are scandalized.
Scandal
Life and physical health are precious gifts entrusted to us by God
Concern for the health of its citizens requires that society help in the attainment of living-conditions of that allow them to live
Virtue of temperance disposes us to avoid every kind of excess
Use of drugs inflicts grave damage
Respect for health
research or experimentation on the human being cannot legitimate acts that are in themselves contrary to the dignity of persons and to the moral law, even with their consent.
Respect for the Person and Scientific Research
Kidnapping and hostage taking bring on a reign of terror, by means of threats.
Terrorism threatens, wounds, and kills indiscriminately
Torture is contrary to respect for the person and for human dignity.
Amputations, mutilations, and sterilizations, when not for medical reasons, are against the moral law
Respect for the Bodily and Intergrity
The dying should be given attention and care to help them in their last moments in dignity and peace.
Bodies of the dead must be treated with respect and charity, in faith and hope of the resurrection.
Church permits cremation
Respect for the Dead
is a desire for revenge
Anger
Safeguarding Peace
- Peace
- Avoiding War
Anger – is a desire for revenge
Deliberate hatred is contrary to charity
Respect for and development of human life requires peace.
Peace is not merely the absence of war. Peace cannot be attained without safeguarding the goods of persons, free communication, respect for dignity, and assiduous practice of fraternity.
Peace is tranquility of order
Peace
5th commandment forbids the intentional destruction of human life.
All citizens and governments are obliged to work for the avoidance of war.
Countries can act in lawful self-defense
Avoiding War
The Universal Declaration of Human Right are
- Universal
- Inviolable
- inalienable
rights are present in all human beings
Universal
- rights are inherent in the human person and in human dignity; it would be vain to proclaim rights, if at the same time everything were not done to ensure the duty of respecting them by all people, everywhere, and for all people.
Inviolable
rights cannot be deprived by another person since this would do violence to their nature.
Inalienable
most fundamental right, which includes right to develop in a mother’s womb, preservation of all life, right to basic necessities
Right to Life
Right to live in a united family and in a moral environment conducive to the growth of the child’s personality
Right to Family
Rive to develop one’s intelligence and freedom of seeking and knowing
Right to Education
Right to share in the work which makes wise use of the Earth’s material resources, and to drive from that work the means to support oneself and one’s dependents.
Right to Work
Right to freely establish family, to have and to rear children through the responsible exercise of one’s sexuality.
Right to Love
is a milestone document in the history of human rights, sets out fundamental human rights to be universally protected and translated into over 500 languages, signed in Paris on Dec. 10, 1948
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
widely recognized as having inspired, and the paved the way for, the adoption of more than seventy human rights treaties, applied today on a permanent basis at global and regional levels.
UDHR
a.) The right to live in a united family and I a moral environment conducive to the growth of the child’s personality.
b.) The right to develop one’s intelligence and freedom m seeking and knowing.
c.) The right to share in the work which make wise use of earth resources, and to derive from that work that means to support oneself and one’s dependents.
d.) The right to freely establish family, to have and to rear children through the responsible exercise of one’s sexuality.
a.) The right to live in a united family and I a moral environment conducive to the growth of the child’s personality.
b.) The right to develop one’s intelligence and freedom m seeking and knowing.
c.) The right to share in the work which make wise use of earth resources, and to derive from that work that means to support oneself and one’s dependents.
d.) The right to freely establish family, to have and to rear children through the responsible exercise of one’s sexuality.
