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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights establishes common standards to promote and protect fundamental human rights and freedoms. It recognizes the inherent dignity of all human beings and their equal rights. It aims for all people and nations to strive through teaching, education, and progressive measures to universally respect and observe these rights and freedoms.

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UDHR

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights establishes common standards to promote and protect fundamental human rights and freedoms. It recognizes the inherent dignity of all human beings and their equal rights. It aims for all people and nations to strive through teaching, education, and progressive measures to universally respect and observe these rights and freedoms.

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Universal Declaration of Human Rights is defined 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.

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

1. We Are All Born Free & Equal.


We are all born free. We all have our own thoughts and ideas. We should all
be treated in the same way.

2. Don’t Discriminate.
These rights belong to everybody, whatever our differences.

3. The Right to Life.


We all have the right to life, and to live in freedom and safety. 

4. No Slavery.
Nobody has any right to make us a slave. We cannot make anyone our
slave. 

5. No Torture.
Nobody has any right to hurt us or to torture us. 

6. You Have Rights No Matter Where You Go.


I am a person just like you! 

7. We’re All Equal Before the Law.


The law is the same for everyone. It must treat us all fairly. 

8. Your Human Rights Are Protected by Law.


We can all ask for the law to help us when we are not treated fairly.
9. No Unfair Detainment.
Nobody has the right to put us in prison without good reason and keep us
there, or to send us away from our country. 

10.The Right to Trial.


If we are put on trial this should be in public. The people who try us should
not let anyone tell them what to do.

11.We’re Always Innocent Till Proven Guilty.

Nobody should be blamed for doing something until it is proven.


When people say we did a bad thing we have the right to show it is
not true. 

12.The Right to Privacy.


Nobody should try to harm our good name. Nobody has the right to
come into our home, open our letters, or bother us or our family without a
good reason. 

13.Freedom to Move.
We all have the right to go where we want in our own country and to
travel as we wish. 

14.The Right to Seek a Safe Place to Live.


If we are frightened of being badly treated in our own country, we all
have the right to run away to another country to be safe. 

15.Right to a Nationality.
We all have the right to belong to a country.

16. Marriage and Family.


Every grown-up has the right to marry and have a family if they
want to. Men and women have the same rights when they are
married, and when they are separated.

17. The Right to Your Own Things.


Everyone has the right to own things or share them. Nobody should take
our things from us without a good reason.
18. Freedom of Thought.
We all have the right to believe in what we want to believe, to have a
religion, or to change it if we want.

19. Freedom of Expression.


We all have the right to make up our own minds, to think what we like, to
say what we think, and to share our ideas with other people.

20. The Right to Public Assembly.


We all have the right to meet our friends and to work together in peace to
defend our rights. Nobody can make us join a group if we don’t want to.

21. The Right to Democracy.


We all have the right to take part in the government of our country. Every
grown-up should be allowed to choose their own leaders.

22. Social Security.


We all have the right to affordable housing, medicine, education, and
childcare, enough money to live on and medical help if we are ill or old.

23. Workers’ Rights.


Every grown-up has the right to do a job, to a fair wage for their work, and
to join a trade union.

24. The Right to Play.


We all have the right to rest from work and to relax.

25. Food and Shelter for All.


We all have the right to a good life. Mothers and children, people who are
old, unemployed or disabled, and all people have the right to be cared for.

26. The Right to Education.


Education is a right. Primary school should be free. We should learn about
the United Nations and how to get on with others. Our parents can choose
what we learn.

27. Copyright.
Copyright is a special law that protects one’s own artistic creations and
writings; others cannot make copies without permission. We all have the
right to our own way of life and to enjoy the good things that art, science
and learning bring.

28. A Fair and Free World.


There must be proper order so we can all enjoy rights and freedoms in our
own country and all over the world.

29. Responsibility.
We have a duty to other people, and we should protect their rights and
freedoms.

30. No One Can Take Away Your Human Rights.

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