Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that:

1. All human beings are born free and equal. We are all the same in dignity and rights and have the same rights as anyone else. This is because we are all born with the ability to think and to know right from wrong, and so we should act towards others in a spirit of friendliness.
2. Everyone should have the same rights and freedoms, no matter what race, sex or colour he or she may be. It should not matter where we were born, what language we speak, what religion or political opinions we have, or whether we are rich or poor.
3. Everyone has the right to live, to be free and to feel safe.
4. The buying and selling of people is wrong and slavery should be prevented at all times.
5. No one should be put through torture or any other treatment or punishment that is cruel or makes the person feel less than human.
6. Everyone has the right to be accepted everywhere as a person according to law.
7. You are entitled to be treated equally by the law, and to have equal protection of the laws.
8. If your rights under the law are violated, you should have the right to fair judges who will see that justice is done.
9. You should not be arrested, held in jail or thrown out of your own country for no good reason.
10. In case you have to go to court, you have the same rights as anyone else to a fair and public hearing by courts that are open-minded and free to make their own decisions.
11. If you are blamed for a crime, you should be thought of as innocent until you are proven guilty. You should not be punished for something you did which was not illegal when it happened.
12. No one should intrude into your privacy, family, home or mail, or attack your honesty or self-respect for no good reason.
13. Within any country you have the right to go and live where you want. You have the right to leave any country, including your own, and return to when you want.
14. You have the right to seek shelter from harassment in another country.
15. No one should take away your right to reside in the country where you are from.
16. Grown men and women have a right to marry and start a family, without anyone trying to stop them because of their race, country or religion. Both man and woman have to agree to marriage and both have equal rights in getting married, during the marriage, and if and when they decide to end it.
17. Everyone has the right to have possessions that they can keep alone or share with other people, and no one should take your belongings away for no good reason.
18. You may believe what you want to believe, and have ideas about right and wrong, and believe in any religion you want, and you may change your religion if you wish to without interference.
19. You have the right to tell people how you feel about things without being told to keep quiet. You may read the newspapers or listen to the radio, and you have the right to print your opinions and send then anywhere without having someone try to stop you.
20. You have the right to gather peacefully with people, and to be with anyone you want, but no-one can force you to join or belong to any group.

These rights apply equally to both men and women everywhere.