60 years have passed since December 10, 1948 in Paris was signed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, sponsored by the United Nations to be applied in all member states. The
we report, below:
Declaration of Human Rights (UN - 1948) PREAMBLE
Considering that the recognition of the inherent dignity of all members of the human family, and their rights, the equal and inalienable rights, is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world;
Considering that the 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
Given that it is essential that human rights are protected by legal rules, if you want to avoid that man is compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression ;
Given that it is essential to promote the development of friendly relations between nations,
Considering that the peoples of the United Nations reaffirmed in the Statute their faith in fundamental human rights, dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and have determined to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,
Given that Member States have pledged themselves to achieve, in cooperation with the United Nations, the universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms;
Given that a common understanding of these rights and freedoms is of the utmost importance for the full realization of this pledge,
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY proclaims THIS UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF
RIGHTS Man as a 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 to promote the teaching and education to promote respect of these rights and these 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 between those 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.
Article 2. 1) Everyone is entitled to all rights and all freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, for reasons of race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national origin or social origin, property, birth or other status.
2) 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 is independent of that territory or subject to the trusteeship, non-self, or subject to any other limitation of sovereignty.
Article 3. Everyone has 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 any form.
Article 5. No one shall be subjected to torture or cruel treatment or punishment, inhuman or degrading treatment.
Article 6. Everyone has the right at any place and the recognition of its legal personality.
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 this 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 constitution or by law.
Article 9. No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest detention or exile.
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 duties, as well as the merits of any criminal charge against him is revolt.
Article 11. 1) Everyone charged with a crime is presumed innocent until his guilt has been proven legally in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defense.
2) No one shall be convicted of any act or omission which, at the time it was committed is not a crime under domestic law or under international law. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than that applicable at the time the crime was committed.
Article 12. No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, his family, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honor and reputation. Everyone has the right to be protected by 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 enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.
2) This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely 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.
Article 16. 1) Men and women of full age have the right to marry and to found a family, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion. They have 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 or in community 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 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 including the right not to be molested 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 participate in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives.
2) Everyone has the right to equal access to public service in his country.
3) The will of the people is the foundation of the government, this will shall be expressed through periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and 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 favorable 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 favorable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family a 'existence worthy of human dignity and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection.
4) Everyone has the right to form and 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 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. Elementary education shall be compulsory. The 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 human personality and 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 United Nations peacekeeping.
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 to participate freely in cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.
2) Everyone has the right to protection of 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.
2) In exercising its rights and its freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to such limitations as are prescribed by law to ensure the recognition and respect for human rights and freedoms of others and of meeting the just requirements of morality, public order and general welfare in a society democratic.
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 activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of some of the rights and freedoms it utterances.
"Men are born and die equal in rights"
Sticker Sergio Staino
