On December 10, 1948, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and
proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. There are 30 rights
guaranteed to everyone in the United States and other member countries. Click
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The following is an abridged version of the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights.
1. We are all free and 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. Slavery – past and present. Nobody has any right to make us a slave. We
cannot make anyone our slave.
5. Torture. Nobody has any right to hurt us or to torture us.
6. We all have the same right to use the law. I am a person just like you!
7. We are all protected by the law. The law is the same for everyone. It must
treat us all fairly.
8. Fair treatment by fair courts. We can all ask for the law to help us when we
are not treated fairly.
9. Unfair detainment. Nobody has the right to put us in prison without a 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. Innocent until 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 asylum. 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. The 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. 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. Free to say what you want. 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. Meet where you like. 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. The right to social security. We all have the right to affordable housing,
medicine, education, and child care, 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. A bed and some food. 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. Culture and 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 free and fair world. There must be proper order so we can all enjoy rights
and freedoms in our own country and all over the world.
29. Our responsibilities. We have a duty to other people, and we should protect
their rights and freedoms.
Angell Street™ House of Fine Arts and Physical Culture is dedicated to raising
YOUR potentials, through education (Human Right #26).
Through this website and our free email newsletter, you can learn about
resources and programs you can participate in right now, to start living a full,
balanced life.
Dedicated to raising your potentials,
Mike Tyler
Angell Street House, Battle Creek, Michigan mike@AngellStreetHouse.info