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You may feel safe from being persecuted for your political opinion,
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On December 10, 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations
adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights the
full text of which appears in the following pages. Following this
historic act the Assembly called upon all Member countries to
publicize the text of the Declaration and "to cause it to be
disseminated, displayed, read and expounded principally in schools and
other educational institutions, without distinction based on the
political status of countries or territories."

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 realization of this pledge,

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 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.They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act
     towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

Article 2.

     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. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of
     the political, jurisdictional or international status of the
     country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be
     independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other
     limitation of sovereignty.

Article 3.

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

Article 4.

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

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. All are entitled
     to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of
     this Declaration and against any incitement to such
     discrimination.

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, in the
     determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal
     charge against him.

Article 11.

     (1) 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 defence.

     (2) No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account
     of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offence,
     under national or international law, at the time when it was
     committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one
     that was applicable at the time the penal offence was committed.

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.  Everyone has the right to the protection
     of the law against such interference or attacks.

Article 13.

     (1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence
     within the borders of each state.

     (2) Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his
     own, and to return to his country.

Article 14.

     (1) Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other
     countries asylum from persecution.

     (2) 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.

Article 15.

     (1) Everyone has the right to a nationality.

     (2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor
     denied the right to change his nationality.

Article 16.

     (1) 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.

     (2) Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full
     consent of the intending spouses.

     (3) The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of
     society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.

Article 17.

     (1) Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in
     association with others.

     (2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.

Article 18.

     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.

Article 19.

     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.

Article 20.

     (1) Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and
     association.

     (2) No one may be compelled to belong to an association.

Article 21.

     (1) Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his
     country, directly or through freely chosen representatives.

     (2) Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in
     his country.

     (3) 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.

Article 22.

     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.

Article 23.

     (1) Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment,
     to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection
     against unemployment.

     (2) Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal
     pay for equal work.

     (3) Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable
     remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence
     worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other
     means of social protection.

     (4) Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for
     the protection of his interests.

Article 24.

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

Article 25.

     (1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for
     the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including
     food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social
     services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment,
     sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of
     livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.

     (2) Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and
     assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock,
     shall enjoy the same social protection.

Article 26.

     (1) Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free,
     at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary
     education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional
     education shall be made generally available and higher education
     shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.

     (2) Education shall be directed to the full development of the
     human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human
     rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding,
     tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious
     groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations
     for the maintenance of peace.

     (3) Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education
     that shall be given to their children.

Article 27.

     (1) Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural
     life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in
     scientific advancement and its benefits.

     (2) Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and
     material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or
     artistic production of which he is the author.

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 realized.

Article 29.

     (1) Everyone has duties to the community in which alone the free
     and full development of his personality is possible.

     (2) In the exercise of his rights and freedoms, everyone shall be
     subject only to such limitations as are determined by law solely
     for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the
     rights and freedoms of others and of meeting the just
     requirements of morality, public order and the general welfare in
     a democratic society.

     (3) These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised
     contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.

Article 30.

     Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for
     any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or
     to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights
     and freedoms set forth herein.

END.