Chua Lee Kheng: December 2016

The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Article 1
All human being are born free and equal.

Article 2
Everyone from all cultures, races and genders is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration.

Article 3
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.

Article 4
No one shall be held in slavery.

Article 5
No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment.

Article 6
Everyone must be treated in the same way everywhere.

Article 7
Laws are the same for every person. Nobody should be treated with a different set of laws.

Article 8
If your rights have been denied, you should be able to get legal help.

Article 9
Nobody may be arrested and held in jail or deported without good reason.

Article 10
All trials should be done in public to make sure they are fair.

Article 11
Everyone charged with a crime will be presumed innocent untill proven guilty according to law in a public trial. Everyone has the right to defend themselves at a trial.

Article 12
Everyone has the right to be protected if someone tries to harm or invade their privacy.

Article 13
Everyone has the right to travel freely within their country. Everyone has the right to leave and return to their home country.

Article 14
If harmed in their home country, everyone has the right to ask for asylum: protection in another country.

Article 15
Everyone has the right to a nationality: to be a citizen of a country.

Article 16
Adults have the right to marry whom they wish and to raise a family. Men and women have the same rights when they are married and when they are not married.

Article 17
Everyone has the right to own property, and nobody has the right to take it away without good reason.

Article 18
Everyone has the right to practice the religion they choose.

Article 19
Everyone has the right to think and say as they please.

Article 20
Everyone has the right to join groups and to have peaceful meetings of groups. Nobody can force another person to join a group.

Article 21
Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his or her country. Everyone has the right to vote, and all votes should be counted equally.

Article 22
Everyone has the right to the economic and cultural resources offered by their country.

Article 23
Everyone has the right to work, to choose their jobs, and to fair treatment by their employers. Men and women should receive equal pay for the same jobs. People should be free to create unions.

Article 24
Everyone has the right to rest and leisure and to take time off from work.

Article 25
Everyone has the right to earn a living so that they can afford food, clothing, and access to social services that assist the elderly or ill. Mothers and their children should receive special care.

Article 26
Everyone has the right to free and equal education. Elementary education for children should be required. Parents have the right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.

Article 27
Everyone has the right to freely participate in the cultural life (arts, sciences, traditions) of the community. Artists' and writers' work will be protected.

Article 28
Everyone should live in a social "order": an organized society in which everyone's rights are protected.

Article 29
Everyone is free to develop their own individual personalities; however, everyone also has duties to the community. Individuals may not infringe upon the rights and freedoms of other individuals.

Article 30
No person should act to destroy human rights.

(Reproduced from Human Rights by Mark Friedman, All rights reserved.)