It would serve as a model for legislation in many countries. After the draft was presented to the United Nations General Assembly, it was adopted on December 10, The preamble gives details about the social and historical reasons that led to the formation of the UDHR. Articles 3 — 5: Details of individual rights, such as right to life and prohibition of slavery are explained in detail.
Articles 6— Refers to the fundamental rights as well as the remedies for their violation. Articles 12— Set forth the rights of the individual towards the community, including freedom of movement and residence within each state, the right of property and the right to a nationality. Articles 18— These sets of articles refer to the rights of the individual towards the community, including freedom of movement, thought, opinion, expression, religion, peaceful association and ideas through any media.
It also upholds the right to a better standard of living and makes a special mention of care given to motherhood or childhood. Articles 28— It establishes the general means of exercising these rights, the areas in which the rights of the individual cannot be applied. In International law, a declaration is different from a treaty in the sense that it generally states aspiration or understanding among the parties, rather than binding obligations.
For this reason, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a fundamental constitutive document of the United Nations and, by extension, all parties of the UN Charter.
Malik predicted that the international human rights project would contribute to the formation of a "human. Assembly, N. TIMEs, Dec. It recognizes that full implementation requires a common understand- ing that is still far from being achieved; it recognizes that freedom depends on certain social, political, and economic conditions; it antic- ipates and attempts to forestall the most egregious forms of misintepretation.
So far as the tension between universal rights and particular tradi- tions is concerned, the Declaration's framework is capacious enough to encompass a degree of pluralism. Philosophers like McKeon and Maritain did not regard recognition of universal rights and respect for particular cultures as irreconcilable. After all, rights emerge from cul- ture, cannot be sustained without cultural underpinnings, and, to be effective, must become part of each people's way of life.
The UNESCO committee theorists did not believe a declaration of universal principles could, or should, lead to completely uniform means of expressing and protecting basic rights. Why should there not be different cultural expressions of the universal human longing for freedom, and different ways of pondering the eternal tensions be- tween freedom and order, the individual and the group? Ideally, each rights tradition would be enriched as it put the principles into prac- tice, and the various experiences of the nations would in turn enrich the understanding of universal rights.
With improved communication and with the accumulation of experiences of successful cross-cultural cooperation, they hoped, areas of common understanding would ex- pand.
That equanimity concerning different visions of freedom pro- ceeded, no doubt, from modesty concerning the state of human knowledge. As my own research has progressed, however, I have come to see. The flaws in the human rights enterprise are less in its documentary landmarks than in the human person-with all our potential for good and evil, reason and impulse, trust and betrayal, creativity and destruction, self- ishness, and cooperation.
All too familiar with the defects in human nature, the framers nevertheless staked their faith, in Article 1, on "reason and conscience. The Declaration thus seems to me less like the Tower of Babel than like the sculpture by Arnaldo Pomodoro that dominates the plaza outside the U.
A gift from the govern- ment of Italy, this marvel consists of an enormous sphere of burnished bronze, perhaps suggesting a globe. The sphere is pleasing to behold, even though it startles with its imperfection. There are deep, jagged cracks in its golden-hued surface, cracks too large to ever be repaired. Perhaps it's cracked because it's flawed like the broken world , one thinks. Or maybe like an egg it has to break in order for something else to emerge. Perhaps both. Sure enough, when one peers into the gashes on its surface, there is another beautiful golden sphere coming along inside.
But that one is already cracked too! I have no idea what Italy was trying to tell the United Nations! But whatever is going on inside these spheres, it doesn't seem to be all chance and accident. There's a tremendous sense of motion, of dyna- mism, of potency, of emergent probabilities.
Pomodoro's emerging spheres poignantly evoke the great prob- lem of all politics: to what extent can the probabilities be shifted by reflection and choice, as distinct from the will of the stronger and the blind forces of history and accident? To give up on the existence of such principles is to give up on the possibility of cross-cultural deliber- ation about the human future. It is to give up on the common hu- manity that makes it possible for people of different cultures to deliberate about how we are to order our lives together in an interde- pendent world.
The framers of the Universal Declaration deserve bet- ter, as do the millions of women, men, and children who still lack the essentials for dignified living. WiHmREAs recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foun- dation of freedom, justice and peace in the world.
WHEREAS disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been pro- claimed as the highest aspiration of the common people.
WHEREAS it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be protected by the rule of law. WHEREAS the peoples of the United Nations have in the Charter reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal rights of men and wo- men and have determined to promote social progress and better stan- dards of life in larger freedom.
WHEREAS Member States have pledged themselves to achieve, in co-operation with the United Nations, the promotion of universal re- spect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms. WHEREAS a common understanding of these rights and freedoms is of the greatest importance for the full realization of this pledge. All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or terri- tory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non- self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person. No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms. No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhu- man or degrading treatment or punishment. Every one has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.
All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Decla- ration and against any incitement to such discrimination. Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law.
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, deten- tion or exile. Everyone is entitled to full equality to a fair and pub- lic hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determi- nation of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the penal offence was committed. ARTiciE No one shall be subject to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation.
Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks. ARTIc ARIcLE They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, dur- ing marriage, and at its dissolution. Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, con- science and religion; this right includes freedom to change his reli- gion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.
Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without in- terference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.
Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organiza- tion and resources of each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality. Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.
All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental states. Ele- mentary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally assessible to all on the basis of merit.
It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friend- ship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace. ARncLE Everyone is entitled to a social and international or- der in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized. ARnCLE Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein.
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User Settings. Skip carousel. Carousel Previous. Carousel Next. What is Scribd? Explore Ebooks. Bestsellers Editors' Picks All Ebooks. No one may be compelled to belong to an association. Article 21 Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives. Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in his country. The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures.
Article 22 Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality.
Article 23 Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment. Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work. Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection.
Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests. Article 24 Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay. Article 25 Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.
Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection. Article 26 Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.
Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace. Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children. Article 27 Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.
Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author. Let us each do our part to make these universal rights a living reality for every man, woman and child, everywhere. The commitments made by all States in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights are in themselves a mighty achievement, discredit- ing the tyranny, discrimination and contempt for human beings that have marked human history.
The Universal Declaration promises to all the economic, social, political, cultural and civic rights that underpin a life free from want and fear. They are not a reward for good behaviour. They are not country-speciic, or particular to a certain era or social group. Human rights abuses did not end when the Univer- sal Declaration was adopted. But since then, count- less people have gained greater freedom.
Violations have been prevented; independence and autonomy have been attained. Many people — though not all — have been able to secure freedom from torture, unjustiied imprisonment, summary execution, enforced disappearance, persecution and unjust discrimination, as well as fair access to education, economic opportunities, and adequate resources and health-care.
They have obtained justice for wrongs, and national and international protection for their rights, through the strong architecture of the international human rights legal system. It inspires us to continue working to ensure that all people can gain freedom, equality and dignity.
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