HUMAN RIGHTS: THE RIGHTS OF EVERY HUMAN BEING

     

Article 1 )    

    All human beings are born free.

     

           All human beings live their life freely.

           All human beings in the world are equal.

           All human beings in the world are brothers.

           All human beings in the world have dignity.

           All human beings have reason and conscience.         

           They can love one another as sisters and brothers.          

Article 2 )      

    The rights and freedoms in this declaration are true for all human beings.

           It doesn’t make a difference if they are women or men.

           It doesn’t make a difference if their skin is yellow, red, white or black.

           It doesn’t make a difference if they are children, young or old.

           It doesn’t make a difference if they are rich or poor.

           It doesn’t make a difference if they live in the city or the countryside.

           It doesn’t make a difference if they are African, European, Asian or American.

           Their birthplace, their language, their ideas and beliefs don’t matter.

           Their country, nation or origin or their disability doesn’t hinder their exercise of these rights.

Article 3 )      

           To live,

To be free,

To be secure,

Are basic rights of every human being.

Article 4 )    

           No human being can be enslaved.

           Enslavement is absolutely forbidden.

           Slave trade is not allowed anywhere around the world.

Article 5 )      

    No one has the right to torture a human being or to be cruel to them.

           No one can treat a human being in an inhumane and degrading way.

           No human being can be sentenced to a degrading punishment.

Article 6 )

    All human beings have the right to the protection of their names, civic rights and family ties.

Article 7 )       

    Laws are made so that human beings can live better.

           That’s why their opinions are asked in the making of laws.

           All human beings are equal before the law.

           Every human being has an equal right to benefit from the protection of the law.

           The rights outlined in this declaration are for all human beings in the world.

           Sometimes, some people may treat other people badly.

           All human beings have the right to be protected against those bad people.

           Sometimes, there may be people that want other people to be treated badly.

           All human beings also have the right to be protected against people who want others to be treated badly.

Article 8 )       

    Human rights are built into laws.

           Sometimes these rights can be violated by bad people.

           Then, the person whose right is violated can go to court.

           They can ask the judge to protect their rights.

           The court gives that person what is rightfully theirs.

Article 9 )       

    Nobody can be arrested if they did not commit a crime that goes against the law.

           Unless the laws say otherwise, no human being can be deprived of their freedom.

           Unless the laws say otherwise, no one can be sent to exile from their own country.

Article 10)      

    Sometimes, there may be false allegations against someone.

           People have the right to ask for a trial at a court to clarify this allegation.

           Courts are impartial and independent.

           They pursue these trials in an open way.

           Courts must solve cases with justice.

Article 11 )

    Each person assumed to have committed a crime have the right to defend themselves.

           They are given all opportunities to exercise their right to defend themselves.

           Courts make open and fair trials.

           If the laws don’t find someone guilty, that person is innocent, not guilty. No one can punish them.

           No one can be punished for an action that is not a crime according to laws.

           No one can be given a penalty that is not set by the law.

Article 12 )

    No one can interfere with people’s private lives, families, homes and communication.

           No one can enter people’s homes or go through their belongings without their permission.

           No one can snoop their telephones, mail and messages.

           Human beings cannot be treated in a degrading way.

           Laws prevent others from interfering in our private lives and degrading human beings.

Article 13 )

    Everyone has the right to roam and live freely in a country.

           Human beings can choose the place and town that they will live in.

           Everyone has the right to depart from and return to a country.

           Everyone has the right to depart from and return to their home country.

Article 14 )

    One can seek asylum to another country if their country oppresses them.

           Those who do harm to others and the environment cannot benefit from this right.

Article 15 )

    Every human being is a citizen of a country.

           The right to citizenship cannot be taken away Unless the laws say otherwise.

           No one can be deprived of the right to change citizenship Unless the laws say otherwise.

Article 16 )

    All women and men of proper age have the right to get married and start a family.

           Women and men have equal rights in marriage.

           Women and men have equal rights in maintaining the marriage.

           Women and men have equal rights in ending the marriage.

           No one can be forced to get married.

           Human beings get married with the free will and decision of two individuals.

           No one can interfere with the marriages of individuals from different countries or different beliefs.

           The family is important for society.

Article 17 )

    Every human being has the right to buy houses, cars, land and shops.

           Everyone can get joint property, as partners with other people.

           Unless the laws say otherwise, no one’s property can be taken away.

Article 18 )

    Every human being has freedom of thought, conscience and religion.

           Human beings are free in their thoughts.

           Human beings can freely express their thoughts.

           Human beings can freely say, write, draw their thoughts.

           Human beings are free about which religion to believe in.

           They can choose and believe any religion they want.        

           They can change their religion if they want.

           They can practice their religion and carry out the practices relevant to their beliefs alone or together with other people.

           They can carry out the practices relevant to their religion openly or privately.

Article 19 )

    Every human being in the world has the right to express their thoughts.

           Human beings cannot be harassed because of their thoughts.

           Human beings have the right to search for information through all tools and means.

           All human beings have the right to access knowledge and ideas.

           Human beings have the right to spread their ideas and knowledge.

Article 20 )

    Human beings have the right to get together and assemble for a cause.

           All human beings have the right to form organizations for peaceful reasons.

           All human beings have the right to be a member of an organization formed for peaceful reasons.

           No one can be forced to become a member of an organization against their will.

Article 21 )

    Every human being has the right to take part in the government of their country.

           Human beings sometimes exercise this right directly via a referendum or a plebiscite.

           Sometimes they exercise this right by freely electing the deputies that will represent them.

           Elections should be held in an open and fair manner so that countries can be governed well.

           Elections are repeated periodically.

           If a free election environment is prepared, elections will be fair.

           If elections are not honest, rulers will not be respectable and credible.

           Every human being in the world has the right to benefit from the basic services in their country.

Article 22 )

    Every human being has the right to social security.

           Every human being is a valuable member of society.

           Every human being has the right to enjoy services like nutrition, housing, clothing, health and education and the right to spend their spare time.

           This right is very important for a human being to live with dignity.

           This right is very important for a human being to develop a character freely.

           Every country builds a social security system to make sure that people can exercise this right.

           Social security accepts every individual as a valuable member of society.

           Countries cooperate for the social security system when necessary.

Article 23 )

Every human being has the right to work.

           Every human being has the right to freely choose their profession and occupation.

           Human beings have the right to work under fair and adequate conditions.

           Everyone has the right to be protected from unemployment.

           Every human being has the right to get equal pay for equal work.

           Every working person has the right to get a pay that is enough for them and their family.

           Everyone has the right to form unions in order to protect workers’ rights.

           Everyone has the right to become a member of a union.

Article 24 )

           Human beings have the right to rest and have fun.

           That’s why their working hours should be humane.

           Working hours should be reasonable.

           Working people are periodically provided paid vacation.

Article 25 )

    Every human being has the right to a humane life.

           For a humane life, they have the right to fully meet their needs of nutrition, clothing, housing, health and education.

           There may be occasions when people cannot work and don’t have an income due to illness, old age, disability or unemployment.

           They have the right to social security to meet their needs in such occasions.

           Mothers and children have the right to special assistance.

           All children have the right to special protection whether or not they have parents.

Article 26 )

    All human beings have the right to get education.

           Primary education is for free.

           Primary education is compulsory for everyone.

           Vocational and technical education is open to everyone.

           Higher education is available to everyone with equal opportunity depending on success.

           The purpose of education is to develop people’s personalities.

           The purpose of education is to teach people to respect human rights and basic freedoms.

           Education teaches human beings that all human beings in the world are brothers and sisters.

           It teaches understanding and tolerance.

           It aims to improve world peace.

           Mothers and fathers have the right to choose the education that their children will get.

Article 27)

    Every human being has the right to enjoy fine arts.

           Every human being has the right to follow scientific developments.

           Every human being has the right to join cultural life.

           Human beings have the right to read books, write books, draw paintings and make sculptures, see exhibitions, go to the theatre or cinema, or act in a theatre.

           They have the right to enjoy fine arts like photography, music and dance.

           They have the right to learn tales and folk songs.

           They have the right to use scientific developments, engage in scientific activities, make inventions and discoveries.

           Human beings are free to create artistic and scientific products.

           The rights of human beings over these products are protected.

Article 28)

    Human beings have the right to fully exercise their rights and freedoms.

           They have the right to live in a free world and a free country.

           Human beings can only exercise their freedoms in a peaceful world and a country.

           Human beings can only fully exercise their rights in a world and a country where air, water sources and land are not polluted.

           Human beings can be free in a world and a country where violence and hunger doesn’t exist.

           Human beings can flourish in a world and a country where animals are not mistreated, trees are not cut.

           Human beings can enjoy their dignity in a world and a country where human beings, the nature and life are respected.       

           Human beings can only be completely happy in a world and a country where birds sing, all children can laugh out loud.

           All of these are the rights of all human beings.

Article 29 )

    Human beings live and flourish in a social environment.

           That’s why human beings have duties to the society.

           They respect others’ rights in exercising their own rights.

           They do not oppose laws that define human rights simply because these laws are against their own interests.

           The rights in this declaration cannot be used against the notion peace, freedom and brotherhood.

Article 30 )

    None of the rules in this declaration gives

Any state

Any person

The right to destroy even one single human being’s rights and freedoms.

(Universal Declaration of Human Rights - December 10, 1948)

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