The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

    This is a summary of the document with the title above published at UN.org and also a summary of a text published at Detentionwatchnetwork.org , everybody have heard about human rights , but you know what this really is? They are a total of 30 article and it was proclaimed by the UN general assembly at 10 December 1948.

    Why are human rights important? The UDHR , together with the international covenant on civil and political rights, and the international covenant on economic, social and cultural rights, form what is known as international bill of human rights. These fundamental human rights should be ¨a common standard of achievement for all people and nations.¨ They are the most basic rights that all human beings should enjoy, respect and protect. International human rights law lays down obligations which states are bound to respect. By becoming parties to international treaties, states assume obligations and duties under international law to respect, to protect and to fulfill human rights.

                 Article 3

  Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.

                Article 4

  No one shall be held in slavery or servitude.

               Article 5

  No one should be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

              Article 12

  No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence.

           Article 14

  Everyone has the right to seek in other countries asylum from persecution.

           Article 19

  Everyone has the right to freedom of expression. This include hold opinions without interference  and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.

          Article 21

  Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives. The will of the people shall be expressed in genuine elections held by secret vote.

        Article 25

 Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the well-being of himself, and the right to security in the event of sickness, disability, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstance beyond his control.

    Article 26

  Everyone has the right to education. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Education shall be directed to full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms.

   Article 27

Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author.