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Question 1

Is a rule of conduct developed by the government or society over a certain territory.

Answer 1

Law

Question 2

Are legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement; that is, rights are the
fundamental normative rules about what is allowed of people or owed to people according to
some legal system, social convention, or ethical theory.

Answer 2

Rights

Question 3

A written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an
independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.

Answer 3

Article

Question 4

Is a durable system of laws, institutions, norms, and community commitment that
delivers four universal principles:

Answer 4

Rule of law

Question 5

4 Universal Principles

Answer 5

Accountability,
Just law,
Open government,
Accessible and impartial justice.

Question 6

Sometimes called a declaration of rights or a charter of rights, is a list of the most
important rights to the citizens of a country.

Answer 6

Bill of Rights

Question 7

No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law,
nor shall any person be denied the equal protection of the laws.

Answer 7

Section 1

Question 8

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects
against unreasonable searches and seizures of whatever nature and for any purpose shall be
inviolable, and no search warrant or warrant of arrest shall issue except upon probable cause
to be determined personally by the judge after examination under oath or affirmation of the
complainant and the witnesses he may produce, and particularly describing the place to be
searched and the persons or things to be seized.

Answer 8

Section 2

Question 9

(1) The privacy of communication and correspondence shall be inviolable except
upon lawful order of the court, or when public safety or order requires otherwise, as prescribed
by law.
(2) Any evidence obtained in violation of this or the preceding section shall be inadmissible for
any purpose in any proceeding.

Answer 9

Section 3

Question 10

No law shall be passed abridging the freedom of speech, of expression, or of the
press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government for redress
of grievances.

Answer 10

Section 4

Question 11

No law shall be made respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free
exercise thereof. The free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without
discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed. No religious test shall be required for the
exercise of civil or political rights.

Answer 11

Section 5

Question 12

The liberty of abode and of changing the same within the limits prescribed by law
shall not be impaired except upon lawful order of the court. Neither shall the right to travel be
impaired except in the interest of national security, public safety, or public health, as may be
provided by law.

Answer 12

Section 6

Question 13

The right of the people to information on matters of public concern shall be
recognized. Access to official records, and to documents and papers pertaining to official acts,
transactions, or decisions, as well as to government research data used as basis for policy
development, shall be afforded the citizen, subject to such limitations as may be provided by
law.

Answer 13

Section 7

Question 14

The right of the people, including those employed in the public and private sectors,
to form unions, associations, or societies for purposes not contrary to law shall not be abridged.

Answer 14

Section 8

Question 15

Private property shall not be taken for public use without just compensation.

Answer 15

Section 9

Question 16

No law impairing the obligation of contracts shall be passed.

Answer 16

Section 10

Question 17

Free access to the courts and quasi-judicial bodies and adequate legal assistance
shall not be denied to any person by reason of poverty.

Answer 17

Section 11

Question 18

Any person under investigation for the commission of an offense shall have the
right to be informed of his right to remain silent and to have competent and independent counsel
preferably of his own choice.

Answer 18

Section 12

Question 19

All persons, except those charged with offenses punishable by reclusion perpetual
when evidence of guilt is strong, shall, before conviction, be bail able by sufficient sureties,

Answer 19

Section 13

Question 20

(1) No person shall be held to answer for a criminal offense without due process of
law.

Answer 20

Section 14

Question 21

The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended except in cases
of invasion or rebellion when the public safety requires it.

Answer 21

Section 15

Question 22

All persons shall have the right to a speedy disposition of their cases before all
judicial, quasi-judicial, or administrative bodies.

Answer 22

Section 16

Question 23

No person shall be compelled to be a witness against himself.

Answer 23

Section 17

Question 24

(1) No person shall be detained solely by reason of his political beliefs and
aspirations.

Answer 24

Section 18

Question 25

(1) Excessive fines shall not be imposed, nor cruel, degrading or inhuman
punishment inflicted. Neither shall the death penalty be imposed, unless, for compelling reasons
involving heinous crimes, the Congress hereafter provides for it. Any death penalty already
imposed shall be reduced to reclusion perpetual.

Answer 25

Section 19

Question 26

No person shall be imprisoned for debt or non-payment of a poll tax.

Answer 26

Section 20

Question 27

No person shall be twice put in jeopardy of punishment for the same offense. If an
act is punished by a law and an ordinance, conviction or acquittal under either shall constitute
a bar to another prosecution for the same act.

Answer 27

Section 21

Question 28

No ex post facto law or bill of attainder shall be enacted.

Answer 28

Section 22

Question 29

Rights inherent to all human beings, regardless of race, sex, nationality,
ethnicity, language, religion, or any other status.

Answer 29

Human rights

Question 30

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.

Answer 30

Article 1

Question 31

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.

Answer 31

Article 2

Question 32

Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.

Answer 32

Article 3

Question 33

No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited
in all their forms.

Answer 33

Article 4

Question 34

No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or
punishment.

Answer 34

Article 5

Question 35

Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.

Answer 35

Article 6

Question 36

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.

Answer 36

Article 7

Question 37

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.

Answer 37

Article 8

Question 38

No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.

Answer 38

Article 9

Question 39

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.

Answer 39

Article 10

Question 40

Everyone charged with a penal offence 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.

Answer 40

Article 11

Question 41

No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or
correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honor and reputation. Everyone has the right to the
protection of the law against such interference or attacks.

Answer 41

Article 12

Question 42

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.

Answer 42

Article 13

Question 43

Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.
This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from non-political
crimes or from acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.

Answer 43

Article 14

Question 44

Everyone has the right to a nationality.
No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his
nationality.

Answer 44

Article 15

Question 45

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. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage,
during marriage and at its dissolution. Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and
full consent of the intending spouses. The family is the natural and fundamental group unit
of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.

Answer 45

Article 16

Question 46

Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.

Answer 46

Article 17

Question 47

Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes
freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with
others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship
and observance.

Answer 47

Article 18

Question 48

Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to
hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas
through any media and regardless of frontiers.

Answer 48

Article 19

Question 49

Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.
No one may be compelled to belong to an association.

Answer 49

Article 20

Question 50

Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely
chosen representatives. Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in his
country. The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall
be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal
suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures.

Answer 50

Article 21

Question 51

Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization,
through national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organization
and resources of each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his
dignity and the free development of his personality.

Answer 51

Article 22

Question 52

Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favorable conditions
of work and to protection against unemployment. Everyone, without any discrimination, has
the right to equal pay for equal work.

Answer 52

Article 23

Question 53

Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours
and periodic holidays with pay.

Answer 53

Article 24