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we're after all the universal human

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rights begin after World War two it was

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clear that the horrors of the war should

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never be allowed to occur again founded

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in 1945 the United Nations sought to

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prevent future atrocities by affirming

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in its foundational charter faith in

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fundamental human rights the dignity and

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worth of the human person and a

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commitment to promote better standards

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of life in larger freedom in the years

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that followed member states of the

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United Nations strived to develop the

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human rights provisions of the Charter

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and capture them in a single document it

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took three years to agree on a common

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vision on the 10th of December 1948 the

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General Assembly of the United Nations

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adopted the Universal Declaration of

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Human Rights as a common standard of

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achievement for all peoples and all

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nations still it is the first step in a

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great evolutionary process it is the
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first occasion on which the organized

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community of Nations has made a

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declaration of human rights and

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fundamental freedoms and it has the

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authority of the body of opinion of the

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United Nations as a whole and millions

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of people men and women and children all

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over the world will turn for help and

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guidance and inspiration to this

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document while history alone can

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determine the historic significance of

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an event it is safe to say that the

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declaration before may be destined to

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occupy an honourable place in the

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procession of positive landmarks in

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human history the declaration consists

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of a preamble and 30 articles with

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article 1 powerfully proclaiming that

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all human beings are born free and equal

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in dignity and rights

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no discrimination right to life liberty

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and security no slavery no torture or

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cruel inhuman or degrading treatment or
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punishment equal protection of the law

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no arbitrary arrests detention or exile

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fair and public hearing no arbitrary

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interference with privacy right to

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freedom of movement right to seek and

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enjoy asylum right to a nationality

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right to marry and to found a family

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right to property freedom of thought

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conscience and religion freedom of

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opinion and expression freedom of

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peaceful assembly and Association right

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to take part in government right to work

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right to rest and leisure right to food

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clothing housing medical care and social

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services right to education right to

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participate in cultural life these human

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rights are not country specific they are

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not a reward for good behavior or

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particular to a certain era or social

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group they are the rights of people of

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every color from every race and ethnic

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group whether or not they have

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disabilities citizens or migrants no
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matter their sex their class their caste

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creed their age or sexual orientation

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the declarations have generated action

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for human rights protection in many ways

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it has inspired hundreds of human rights

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instruments that together constitute

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international human rights law and a

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number of international bodies and

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mechanisms for human rights protection

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the principles of the Declaration have

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supported the decolonization struggle

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and have been enshrined in the

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Constitution's of the

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newly established countries which have

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joined the United Nations the decoration

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has inspired national and regional human

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rights protection systems including

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legislation and institutions and it

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continues to guide the work of human

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rights defenders and advocates worldwide

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today the declaration is available in

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more than 500 languages and dialects and

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it has obtained the Guinness world
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record for the most translated document

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in the world the 10th of December the

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day on which the Declaration was adopted

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is celebrated each year as human rights

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day the Declaration emphasizes the

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relevance of human rights in our daily

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lives

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we're after all the universal human

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rights begin in small places close to

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home so close and so small that they

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cannot be seen on any maps of the world

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yet they are the world of the individual

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person the neighborhood he lives in

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to school or college he attends the

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factory farm or office where he works

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such other places were every man woman

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and child seeks equal justice equal

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opportunity equal dignity without

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discrimination unless these rights have

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meaning there they had little meaning

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anywhere without concerted citizen

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action to uphold them close to home we
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shall look in vain for progress in the

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larger world

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