The
Universal Declaration of Human
Rights:
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.
No slavery – past and present. 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.
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.
No 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.
30.
Nobody can take away these rights and freedoms from us.
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