All human beings are born free
and equal. You are worth the same, and have the same rights as anyone else. You
are born with the ability to think and to know right from wrong, and should act
toward others in a spirit of friendliness.
Everyone should have all the
rights and freedoms in this statement, no matter what race, sex, or color he or
she may be. It shouldnÌt matter where you were born, what language you speak,
what religion you are, what political opinions you have, or whether youÌre rich
or poor. Everyone should have all of the rights in this statement.
Everyone has the right to live,
to be free, and to feel safe.
No one should be held in slavery
for any reason. The buying and selling of human beings should be prevented at
all times.
No one shall be put through
torture, or any other treatment or punishment that is cruel, or makes him or
her feel less than human.
Everyone has the right to be
accepted everywhere as a person, according to law.
You have the right to be treated
equally by the law, and to have the same protection under the law as anyone
else. Everyone should have protection from being treated in ways that go
against this document, and from having anyone cause others to go against the
rights in this document.
If your rights under the law are
violated, you should have the right to fair and skillful judges who will see
that justice is done.
No one shall be arrested, held in
jail, or thrown and kept out of her or his own country for no good reason.
You have the same right as anyone
else to a fair and public hearing by courts that will be open-minded and free
to make their own decisions if you are ever accused of breaking the law, or if
you have to go to court for some other reason.
1) If you are blamed for a crime,
you have the right to be thought of as innocent until you are proven guilty,
according to the law, in a fair and public trial where you have the basic
things you need to defend yourself.
2) No one shall be punished for
anything that was not illegal when it happened. Nor can anyone be given a
greater punishment than the one that applied when the crime was committed.
No one has the right to butt-in
to your privacy, home, or mail, or attack your honesty and self-respect for no
good reason. Everyone has the right to have the law protect him or her against
all such meddling or attacks.
1) Within any country you have
the right to go and live where you want.
2) You have the right to leave
any country, including your own, and return to it when you want.
1) Everyone has the right to seek
shelter from harassment in another country.
2) This right does not apply in
cases where the person has done something against the law that has nothing to
do with politics, or when she or he has done something that is against what the
United Nations is all about.
1) You have a right to a country
where youÌre from.
2) No one should be able to take
you away from, or stop you from changing your country for no good reason.
1) Grown men and women have the
right to marry and start a family, without anyone trying to stop them or make
it hard because of their race, country, or religion. Both partners have equal
rights in getting married, during the marriage, and if and when they decide to
end it.
2) A marriage shall take place
only with the agreement of the couple.
3) The family is the basic part
of society, and should be protected by it.
1) Everyone has the right to have
belongings that they can keep alone, or share with other people.
2) No one has the right to take
your things away from you for no good reason.
You have the right to believe the
things you want to believe, to have ideas about right and wrong, and to believe
in any religion you want. This includes the right to change your religion if
you want, and to practice it without anybody interfering.
You have the right to tell people
how you feel about things without being told that you have to keep quiet. You
have the right to read the newspaper or listen to the radio without someone
trying to stop you, no matter where you live. Finally, you have the right to
print your opinions in a newspaper or magazine, and send them anywhere without
having someone try to stop you.
1) You have the right to gather
peacefully with people, and to be with anyone you want.
2) No one can force you to join
or belong to any group.
1) You have the right to be part
of your government by being in it, or choosing the people who are in fair
elections.
2) Everyone has the right to
serve her or his country in some way.
3) The first job of any
government is to do what its people want it to do. This means you have the
right to have elections every so often, where each personÌs vote counts the
same, and where everyoneÌs vote is his or her own business.
Everyone, as a person on this
planet, has the right to have her or his basic needs met, and should have
whatever it takes to live with pride, and become the person he or she wants to
be. Every country or group of countries should do everything they possibly can
to make this happen.
1) You have the right to work and
to choose your job, to have fair and safe working conditions, and to be
protected against not having work.
2) You have the right to the same
pay as anyone else who does the same work, without anyone playing favorites.
3) You have the right to decent
pay so that you and your family can get by with pride. That means that if you
donÌt get paid enough to do that, you should get other kinds of help.
4) You have the right to form or
be part of a union that will serve and protect your interests.
Everyone has the right to rest
and relaxation, which includes limiting the number of hours he or she has to
work, and allowing for holidays with pay once in a while.
You have the right to have what
you need to live a decent life, including food, clothes, a home, and medical
care for you and your family. You have the right to get help from society if
youÌre sick or unable to work, if youÌre older or a widow, or if youÌre in any
other kind of situation that keeps you from working through no fault of your
own.
1) Everyone has the right to an
education. It should be free of charge, and should be required for all, at
least in the early years. Later education for jobs and college has to be there
for anyone who wants it and is able to do it.
2) The idea of education is to
help people become the best they can be. It should teach them to respect and
understand each other, and to be kind to everyone, no matter who they are or
where they are from. Education should help to promote the activities of the
United Nations in an effort to create a peaceful world.
1) You have the right to join in
and be part of the world of art, music, and books. You have the right to enjoy
the arts, and to share in the advantages that come from new discoveries in the
sciences.
2) You have the right to get the
credit and any profit that comes from something that you have written, made, or
discovered.
Everyone has the right to the
kind of world where their rights and freedoms, such as the ones in this
statement, are respected and made to happen.
1) You have a responsibility to
the place you live and the people around youÛwe all do. Only by watching out
for each other can we each become our individual best.
2) In order to be free, there
have to be laws and limits that respect everyoneÌs rights, meet our sense of
right and wrong, and keep the peace in a world where we all play an active
part.
3) Nobody should use her or his
freedom to go against what the United Nations is all about.
There is nothing in this statement
that says that anybody has the right to do anything that would weaken or take
away these rights.