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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 1948 as a common standard of achievements for all peoples and all nations. It sets out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected. How well do you know your rights?
Source: United Nations
Note: the text here is only an abstract of the declaration. Refer to link above for the full text of the declaration.
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Last updated: January 4, 2016
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Article
Abstract
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All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
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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.
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Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.
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No one shall be held in slavery or servitude;
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No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
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Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.
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All are equal before the law
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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.
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No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.
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Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him.
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Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty
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No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation.
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Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state.
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Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.
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(1) Everyone has the right to a nationality.
(2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality.
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Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family.
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Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others.
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Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion
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Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression
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Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.
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Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives.
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Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security
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Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work.
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Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.
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Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family
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Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages.
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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.
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Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized.
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Everyone has duties to the community in which alone the free and full development of his personality is possible.
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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.
panscedar
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Level 68
Jan 4, 2016
Thanks for the great quiz idea, Kind of embarrassed I missed four.
scambigol
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Level 76
Jan 4, 2016
Very nice! I wonder how 23 is meant to be applied: same pay for same job all over the world?!
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