Thirty Articles In the Universal Declaration of the Hman Rights

                                                                                                                     

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BPH- III                                                                                Reg.no.1414728                                                                                                          

Thirty Articles in the UDHR

Foreword

It is almost seven decades have passed since the promulgation of the Universal Declaration of the Human rights (UDHR) ensued since 10 December 1948 by the United Nations General assembly resolution, 217 A (III). During this long period the awareness on the Human Rights have travelled and strengthened the reason of the world on the awareness of mounting and safeguarding individual and the communitarian Rights and privileges. Knowledge on Human rights really enhanced the civilization by descending the reek of annihilations within the Individuals, ethnic groups and states. Along with this awareness V.K Krishna Iyer speaks in his Book, Human Rights and Human Wrongs that “Ultimately Humanity has a commitment to history to make Human Rights a viable reality.” In this assignment I personally make a way to understand the Thirty Articles proclaimed in the UDHR.

The complete Articles of Thirty are classified in to four singular categories.

They are;      

1.      General (Art. 1 & 2)

2.      Civil and Political (Art. 3 - 21)

3.      Economic Social and cultural Rights (Art. 22 - 27)

4.      Concluding or the Miscellaneous (Art. 28-30)

The key theme operating each Article is following;

Article	Content
1	Freedom and equality in dignity and Rights of all Human being.
2	Equal Rights and freedom indiscriminate of caste, colour, language, religion and sex etc.
3	Right to life, liberty and Security of Person.

4	Prohibition of Slavery and Slave trade.
5	Prohibition of inhuman and cruel torture, degrading treatments and punishments.
6	Right to be recognized as a person before Law.
7	Equality before the law and equal protection of Law not in violation of the Declaration.
8	Right to effective remedy by the competent National tribunal.
9	Prohibition of arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.
10	Right to full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal.
11	Right to be innocent until proved guilty and freedom from ex post- facto laws[1].
12	Freedom from arbitrary nosiness with privacy, family, home and protection of reputation.
13	Freedom to reside, movement, leave from and return to the country.
14	Right to seek asylum in other nation.
15	Right to nationality and freedom to change the Nationality.
16	Right to marry, found family and equal right up to dissolution.
17	Right to own property.
18	Right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion.
19	Freedom of opinion and expression.
20	Freedom of peaceful assembly and association.
21	Right to take part in the government and equal access to public service.

22qual access to the government and public service.solution.	Right to social security and free development of personality.
23	Right to freedom and choice of employment, just and good setting and wages of work.
23.A	Equal pay for equal work.
23.B	Just remuneration.
23.C	Form and join trade Union.
24	Right to rest and Leisure.
25	Right to live in good health and well-being of one’s family, himself.
25.A	Right of children to enjoy same protection.
26	Right to education.
27	Right o cultural life of the community, protection of moral and material interests.

28	Right to have social and international order.
29	Right to the duties to the community.
29.A	Limiting one’s freedom in respect to the other.
29.B	No paradoxical practice of the Rights and freedom to the United Nations principles.
30	No destructive operation of the Rights and Freedom are recommended and recognized.

Conclusion

Unites Nations declarations are prevailing and influential in its exegesis extended to the human race at large. It maintains the universal standard of achievement for all the people and nations[2]. It curtailed and freed from the shackles of genocide, discrimination towards women, and protection of the rights of refugees etc to augment the holistic expansion of the human survival. It ascended the theme of human respect to the heights of apex thoughtfulness mutual acknowledgement. It placed the common man at the fore front to lead the world ensuing all his potentialities and aptitudes.

           

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[1] A law that makes illegal an act that was legal when committed, increases the penalties for an infraction after it has been committed, or changes the rules of evidence to make conviction easier. The Constitution prohibits the making of ex post facto law.

[2] Johannes. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 30