Adopted & Proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly

Resolution 217 A (III) of 10^th December 1948

• All Human beings are free and equal in dignity and rights.
• All people are entitled to rights without distinction based on race, colour, sex, language, religion, opinion, origin, property, birth, or residency.
• Right to life, liberty, and security of person
• Freedom from slavery
• Freedom from torture
• Right to be treated equally by the law.
• Right to equal protection by the law
• Right to all to an effective remedy by a competent tribunal
• Freedom from arbitrary arrest.
• Right to a fair public hearing by an Independent tribunal.
• Right to presumption of innocence until proven guilty at a public trial with all guarantees necessary for defence.
• Right to privacy in the home, family, and correspondence.
• Freedom of movement in your own country and the right to leave and return to any country.
• Right to political asylum in other countries
• Right to nationality
• Right to marriage and family, and to equal rights of men and women during and after marriage.
• Right to own property
• Freedom of thought and conscience, and religion
• Freedom of opinion and expression, and to seek, receive, and impart information.
• Freedom of Association and Assembly
• Right to take part in and select the government.
• Right to social security and realization of economic, social, and cultural rights.
• Right to work, to equal pay for equal work, and to form and join trade unions.
• Right to reasonable hours of work and paid holidays.
• Right to an adequate living standard for self and family, including food, housing, clothing, medical care, and social security.
• Right to education
• Right to participate in cultural life and to protect intellectual property rights.
• Rights to social and international order permitting these freedoms to be realized.
• Each person has responsibilities to the community and others as essential for a democratic society.
• 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.