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Contents
Introduction United Nation UDHR Universal Declaration of Human Rights The UDHR Projects the Human Rights 30 Articles of UDHR
United Nations
It is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development,social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace. The UN was founded in 1945 after World War II. Basic aims was to stop wars between countries.
The United Nations Headquarters resides in international territory in New York City, with further main offices at Geneva, Nairobi, and Vienna. The organization is financed from assessed and voluntary contributions from its member states, and has six official languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.[
It is a declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. Established (10 December 1948 at Palais de Chaillot, Paris). To promote respect for the human rights of all. It represents the expression of rights to which all human beings are inherently entitled. It consists of 30 articles. It was adopted by the 56 members of the United Nations. The vote was unanimous, although eight nations chose to abstain.
THE KEY MESSAGES OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION ARE THAT HUMAN RIGHTS ARE:
The UDHR is an international statement of values that has inspired over 80 treaties containing human rights laws, including the main UN human rights treaties.
It claims that all rights are interdependent and indivisible. Its Preamble eloquently asserts that:
[R]ecognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice, and peace in the world.
UDHR 30 Articles
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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1 Right to Equality
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Conclusion
The Human Rights are the one side of a coin that gives them their desire freedom and the another side is the responsibility which they have to pay in return of these freedom. For example :- If we have the Human Rights to live safely, so its also our responsibility not to suffer other life.
References
Donnelly,J (1998). International Human Rights Second Edition. Oxford : West view Press. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Available from http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/ http://www.un.org/events/humanrights/udhr60/