Time: Wed Aug 20 04:25:20 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA25184; Tue, 19 Aug 1997 21:57:25 -0700 (MST) Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 00:57:20 -0400 Originator: heritage-l@gate.net From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] To: pmitch@primenet.com Subject: SLS: Universal Declaration of Human Rights <snip> > >Subject: SLS: Universal Declaration of Human Rights > > Universal Declaration of Human Rights > > >(Adopted by United Nations General Assembly Resolution 217A (III) >of December 10, 1948) > > >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 >cooperation 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. > > > > Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Page 1 of 6 > > Article 2 > >Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in >this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, >color, 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 >the 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. > > > > Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Page 2 of 6 > > 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 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. > > > > > > Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Page 3 of 6 > > 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 > > > Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Page 4 of 6 > >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 cooperation 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. > > > Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Page 5 of 6 > >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 mortality, 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. > > > > Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Page 6 of 6 > ======================================================================== Paul Andrew Mitchell : Counselor at Law, federal witness B.A., Political Science, UCLA; M.S., Public Administration, U.C. Irvine tel: (520) 320-1514: machine; fax: (520) 320-1256: 24-hour/day-night email: [address in tool bar] : using Eudora Pro 3.0.3 on 586 CPU website: http://www.supremelaw.com : visit the Supreme Law Library now ship to: c/o 2509 N. 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