Articles

  • Article 1

    All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with…

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  • Article 2

    Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction…

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  • Article 3

    Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.

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  • Article 4

    No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be…

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  • Article 5

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

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  • Article 6

    Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.

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  • Article 7

    All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of…

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  • Article 8

    Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating…

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  • Article 9

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

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  • Article 10

    Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and…

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  • Article 11

    1. Everyone charged with a penal offense has the right to be presumed innocent until proved…

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  • Article 12

    No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor…

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  • Article 13

    1. Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each…

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  • Article 14

    1. Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.…

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  • Article 15

    1. Everyone has the right to a nationality. 2. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of…

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  • Article 16

    1. Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion,…

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  • Article 17

    1. Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others.…

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  • Article 18

    Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to…

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  • Article 19

    Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold…

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  • Article 20

    1. Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association. 2. No one may…

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  • Article 21

    1. Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or…

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  • Article 22

    Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to…

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  • Article 23

    1. Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable…

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  • Article 24

    Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic…

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  • Article 25

    1. Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being…

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  • Article 26

    1. Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary…

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  • Article 27

    1. Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to…

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  • Article 28

    Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set…

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  • Article 29

    1. Everyone has duties to the community in which alone the free and full development of…

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  • Article 30

    Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any…

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