The Universal Declaration of Human Rights


(Summary Version)


The General Assembly proclaims this Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, to the end that every individual and every organ of society, keeping this Declaration constantly in mind, shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance, both among the peoples of Member States themselves and among the peoples of territories under their jurisdiction.


Article 1 Right to Equality


Article 2 Freedom from Discrimination


Article 3 Right to Life, Liberty, Personal Security


Article 4 Freedom from Slavery


Article 5 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 by Competent Tribunal


Article 9 Freedom from Arbitrary Arrest and Exile


Article 10 Right to Fair Public Hearing


Article 11 Right to be Considered Innocent until Proven Guilty


Article 12 Freedom from Interference with 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 from Persecution


Article 15 Right to a Nationality and the Freedom to Change It


Article 16 Right to Marriage and Family


Article 17 Right to Own Property


Article 18 Freedom of Belief and Religion


Article 19 Freedom of Opinion and Information


Article 20 Right of Peaceful Assembly and Association


Article 21 Right to Participate in Government and in 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 Adequate Living Standard


Article 26 Right to Education


Article 27 Right to Participate in the Cultural Life of Community


Article 28 Right to a Social Order that Articulates this Document


Article 29 Community Duties Essential to Free and Full Development


Article 30 Freedom from State or Personal Interference in the above Rights


European Convention on Human Rights


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