PREAMBLE TO THE DECLARATION

• The construction of a united world, without injustice or violence, will be possible only when all the nations and all the individuals join forces to promote in the entire world the rights and liberties of this Declaration.

ARTICLE 1• When human beings

are born they are free and have the right to be treated in the same way. They all have reason and knowledge and must treat each other all in the same friendly way.

ARTICLE 2• The rights established in this Declaration are valid

for all. It does not matter if they are male, female, what color of skin they have, what language they speak, what they think, what religion they believe in, if they are more or less rich, to what social class they belong to, what country they come from.

• Furthermore, there must be no distinction between people that live in a free country or those that live in a country that is not free.

ARTICLE 3• All have the right to live and to live in

freedom and in secure conditions.

ARTICLE 4• No one has the right to treat you like a slave

and you must not make someone your slave.

ARTICLE 5• No one has the right to torture you.

ARTICLE 6• You have the rights to be protected by the law

in the same way in all the parts of the world.

ARTICLE 7• The law is equal

and must be applied in the same way for everyone.

ARTICLE 8• When the guaranteed

laws of your country are not respected you must be able to be helped by the law.

ARTICLE 9• No one has the right to arrest you, keep you

in prison or send you away from your country unfairly, or without a good reason.

ARTICLE 10• If you must be taken to court, this must be done

publicly. The people that judge you must not be influenced by others.

ARTICLE 11• You have the right to be

considered innocent until proven guilty. If you are accused of a crime you must always have the right to defend yourself. No one has the right to condemn you or punish you for something you have not done.

ARTICLE 12• You have the right to

protection if someone tries to damage your good name, to enter into your house, to read your mail, or bothers you and your family without a good reason.

ARTICLE 13• You have the right to

move about your country freely. You have the right to leave your country, enter another and then return to your own country if you so desire.

ARTICLE 14• If someone persecutes you, you have the right to

go to another country to ask for protection. You lose this right if you commit serious crimes and if you do not respect the

principles written in this Declaration.

ARTICLE 15• You have the right to be a citizen in a country

and, if you wish to, no one can stop you, without a good reason, to become a citizen of another country.

ARTICLE 16• From the moment the law

allows it, you have the right to marry and have a family. In this, the color of your skin, the country from which you come or your religion should not prevent you from doing so. Men and women have the same rights when they are married and when they are separated.

• No one has the right to force a person to get married. The government of each country must protect both the family and each person that makes up the family.

ARTICLE 17

• You have the right to have possessions and no one can take them away without a good reason.

ARTICLE 18• You have the right to freely profess your

religion, to change it and to practice it either alone or with other people.

ARTICLE 19• You have the right to

think and say what you would like and no one can prohibit you from doing so. You have the right to exchange your ideas with people from other countries.

ARTICLE 20

• You have the right to organize peaceful reunions and you may peacefully participate in one. It is wrong to force someone to join an association.

ARTICLE 21• You have the right to

participate in political matters in your country whether it be having a role in the government or choosing politicians that share your ideas.

• Governments must be elected with periodic elections and the vote must be secret. You have the right to vote and all the votes must have the same weight. You have the right to have access to public employment just like everyone else.

ARTICLE 22• The society in which

you live must help you to develop and help you use in the best way all the possibilities (cultural, employment, social assistance) offered to you and to all the men and women of your country.

ARTICLE 23• You have the right to work,

to be free to choose your work, to receive a salary that would permit you to live and support your family. If a man and a woman do the same work, they must be paid the same wage. All the people that work have the right to unite and defend together their own interests.

• Work days must not be too long because all have the right to rest and to take periodic and paid vacation.

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ARTICLE 25• You have the right to have all that you need to guarantee

you and your family: do not get sick, do not starve, have clothes and a home; to be helped if you are unemployed, if you are sick, if you are old, if your husband or wife dies, or if you are not able to earn a living for whatever reason that does not depend on you. A pregnant mother and her expectant child have the right to special help. All children have the same rights, whether their mother is married or not.

ARTICLE 26• You have the right to go to

school and everyone must attend. Elementary school must be free. You must be able to learn a profession or continue to study for however long you desire. At school, you must be able to develop your abilities and you must be taught to get along with others, no matter what their race, religion or nationality. Your parents have the right to choose what you must be taught at school and in what way it is taught.

ARTICLE 27• You have the right to

participate in artistic and scientific activities

in your community and to receive all the advantaged possible. Your works of art, writings or scientific work must be protected and you must be able to receive the benefits of them.

ARTICLE 28• To make sure your rights are respected there

must be an “order” that can protect them. This “order” must be local and global.

ARTICLE 29• You have duties toward your community and only

inside your community can your personality be fully developed. The law must guarantee Human Rights and must permit everyone to respect others and to be respected.

ARTICLE 30• No society, no human being in

any part of the world should take it upon themselves to act in such a way as to destroy the rights established in this Declaration.