Easy reference guide to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 10 December 1948. This text is a plain language version of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by UN you can find the declaration in its original format here: http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/. Under each article you can find links to designs that promotes it.
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Everyone is born free and equal in dignity and rights.
Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms in this Declaration.
Everyone has the right to life and to live in freedom and safety.
No one can be forced into slavery.
No one can be tortured or treated cruelly.
Everyone has the right to be treated equally by the law.
The law is the same for everyone and should be applied in the same way to everyone.
Everyone has the right to ask for legal help when their rights are not respected.
No one can be randomly imprisoned or sent away from their own country.
Everyone has the right to a fair and public trial by an independent court.
Everyone should be considered innocent until proved guilty.
Nobody can interfere with someone’s family, home, privacy or correspondence without good reason. Everybody has the right to be protected from such actions.
Everyone has the right to travel wherever they want within their own country. Everyone also has the right to leave their country and to return to it.
Everyone has the right to go to another country and ask for protection if they are being mistreated or are in danger.
Everyone has the right to belong to a country. Nobody can be prevented from belonging to another country without good reason.
All men and women have the right to marry and have a family.
Everyone has the right to own property and possessions.
Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. Everyone has the right to practice a religion. Everyone also has the right not to practice a religion.
Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression.
Everyone has the right to peacefully take part in meetings and belong to groups.
Everyone has the right to choose to take part in the government of their country. The will of the people is the foundation for the authority of government. The will of the people is expressed in free and fair elections.
Everyone has the right to social security and is entitled to economic, social and cultural rights.
Everyone has the right to work, the right to equal pay for equal work and the right to a decent income and working conditions. Everyone also has the right to form and to join trade unions.
Everyone has the right to have time to relax and have fun.
Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for health and wellbeing. Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and help.
Everyone has the right to free education. Primary school education should be available to everyone. Everybody should also have access to higher education.
Everyone has the right to participate in their community’s cultural life.
Everyone has the right to live in a society in which the rights and freedoms in this Declaration are available.
Everyone has a responsibility to ensure that the rights of others are respected.
No one has the right to try and take away any of the rights in this Declaration.