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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Still suffering from the horrible impact of World War II the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. This Declaration contains 30 Articles and has been publshed in 300 languages.

See below for a summary of the Human Rights as Dani Karavan portrayed them on 30 columns in his "
Way of Human Rights" in the City of Nuremberg.
 

Article 1:

ALL HUMAN BEINGS ARE BORN FREE AND EQUAL IN DIGNITY AND RIGHTS.

Article 2:

EVERYONE IS ENTITLED TO ALL THE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS SET FORTH IN THIS DECLARATION

Article 3:

RIGHT TO LIFE, LIBERTY AND SECURITY OF PERSON

Article 4:

PROHIBITION OF SLAVERY AND SLAVE TRADE

Article 5:

PROHIBITION OF TORTURE, CRUEL, INHUMANE OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT

Article 6:

ENTITLEMENT TO RECOGNITION EVERYWHERE AS A PERSON BEFORE THE LAW

Article 7:

EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW

Article 8:

ENTITLEMENT TO AN EFFECTIVE REMEDY BY THE NATIONAL TRIBUNALS FOR ACTS VIOLATING THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS GRANTED BY THE CONSTITUTION OR BY LAW

Article 9:

PROTECTION FOR ARBITRARY ARREST, DETENTION OR EXILE

Article 10:

ENTITLEMENT TO A FAIR AND PUBLIC COURT PROCEDURE

Article 11:

PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE UNTIL PROVED GUILTY AND NO CONVICTION WITHOUT A LEGAL BASE

Article 12:

ENTITLEMENT TO PROTECTION OF PRIVATE LIFE

Article 13:

RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT

Article 14:

RIGHT TO ASYLUM FROM PERSECUTION

Article 15:

RIGHT TO A NATIONALITY

Article 16:

RIGHT TO MARRY AND TO FOUND A FAMILY

Article 17:

RIGHT TO PERSONAL PROPERTY

Article 18:

RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF THOUGHT, CONSCIENCE AND RELIGION

Article 19:

RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND INFORMATION

Article 20:

RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY AND ASSOCIATION

Article 21:

RIGHT TO UNIVERSAL AND EQUAL SUFFRAGE, ACCESS TO PUBLIC SERVICE AND DEMOCRATIC CO-DETERMININATION

Article 22:

RIGHT TO SOCIAL SECURITY AND ENTITLEMENT TO THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS INDISPENSABLE FOR THE DIGNITY AND THE FREE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PERSONALITY

Article 23:

RIGHT TO WORK; EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK, JUST REMUNERATION; RIGHT TO UNIONISATION

Article 24:

RIGHT TO REST AND LEISURE TIME

Article 25:

RIGHT TO A STANDARD OF LIVING ADEQUATE FOR THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING; ENTITLEMENT TO ASSISTANCE DURING MOTHERHOOD AND CHILDHOOD

Article 26:

RIGHT TO EDUCATION

Artikel 27:

RIGHT TO CULTURAL LIFE, SHARE IN SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS; PROTECTION OF INTELLECUTAL PROPERTY

Article 28:

ENTITLEMENT TO A LIBERAL SOCIAL AND INTERNATIONAL ORDER

Artikel 29:

DUTIES OF THE INDIVIDUAL TO THE COMMUNITY; RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF A PERSON ARE LIMITED, TO SECURE THOSE OF OTHERS

Article 30:

AN INTERPRETATION OF THE PRESENT DECLARATION MAY NOT BE AIMED AT THE DESTRUCTION OF ANY OF THE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS SET FORTH HEREIN