The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights ARTICLE 14. Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.

Adopted and proclaimed by General Assembly on 10 December 1948 PREAMBLE Whereas recognition 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. Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people. Whereas it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be protected by the rule of law. Whereas it is essential to promote the development of friendly relations between nations. Whereas the peoples of the United Nations have in the Charter reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women and have determined to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom. Whereas Member States have pledged themselves to achieve, in co-operation with the United Nations, the promotion of universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms. Whereas a common understanding of these rights and freedoms is of the greatest importance for the full realisation of this pledge. THE DECLARATION Now, therefore, 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 the Member States themselves and among the peoples of territories under their jurisdiction. ARTICLE 1. All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. ARTICLE 2. Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedom set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind. ARTICLE 3. Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person. ARTICLE 4. No one shall be held in slavery or servitude. ARTICLE 5. No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. ARTICLE 6. Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law. ARTICLE 7. All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. ARTICLE 8. 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. ARTICLE 9. No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile. ARTICLE 10. Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal. ARTICLE 11. Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty. ARTICLE 12. No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. ARTICLE 13. Everyone has the right to freedom of movement. ARTICLE 14. Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution. ARTICLE 15. Everyone has the right to a nationality. ARTICLE 16. Men and women .... have the right to marry and to found a family. ARTICLE 17. Everyone has the right to own property. ARTICLE 18. Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. ARTICLE 19. Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression. ARTICLE 20. Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association. ARTICLE 21. (1) Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country. ARTICLE 22. Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realisation....of... economic, social and cultural rights. ARTICLE 23. Everyone has the right to work...Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions. ARTICLE 24. Everyone has the right to rest and leisure. ARTICLE 25. Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for.... health and well-being. ARTICLE 26. Everyone has the right to education. ARTICLE 27. Everyone has the right to freely to participate in the cultural life of the community. ARTICLE 28. Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realised. ARTICLE 29. Everyone has duties to the community. ARTICLE 30. Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying ....any right to engage in any activity...aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein. ADOPTED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY 10 DECEMBER 1948

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