30UniversalHuman Rights

Rights belong to everyone — without distinction of any kind.

Everyone has the right to live in freedom and safety.

No one shall be held in slavery or servitude in any form.

No one shall be subjected to torture or cruel, degrading treatment.

Everyone has the right to be recognized as a person before the law.

All are equal before the law and entitled to equal protection.

Everyone has the right to effective remedy by competent tribunals.

No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention, or exile.

Everyone is entitled to a fair and public hearing by an independent tribunal.

Everyone charged is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Protection from interference with privacy, family, home, and correspondence.

Everyone has the right to move and reside freely within and between states.

Everyone has the right to seek asylum from persecution.

Everyone has the right to a nationality — and to change it.

Marriage shall be entered into only with free and full consent.

Everyone has the right to own property alone or with others.

Freedom of thought, conscience, and religion — including to change beliefs.

Freedom of opinion and expression through any media, regardless of frontiers.

The right to peaceful assembly and association.

Everyone has the right to participate in government and free elections.

Everyone has the right to social security and the realization of economic rights.

The right to work, free choice of employment, and just working conditions.

Everyone has the right to reasonable working hours and paid holidays.

The right to food, clothing, housing, medical care, and social services.

Everyone has the right to education — free at the elementary level.

The right to participate in cultural life and share in scientific progress.

Everyone is entitled to a social and international order where rights can be realized.

Everyone has duties to the community and must respect others’ rights.

No state or person may act to destroy any of these rights and freedoms.