"All Human, All Equal"

Yesterday, December 10, 2021, Human Rights Day was observed all throughout the world to commemorate the United Nations General Assembly approval of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in Paris, France, on December 10, 1948.

This year’s theme: Equality, inclusion and non-discrimination- a human rights-based development approach – relates to UDHR Article 1 and the 2030 Social Agenda’s SDG 10: Reducing inequalities.

As a timely reminder, here are 30 basic rights inalienable rights that everyone is entitled to as a human in the UDHR, which has been translated in more than 500 languages, making it “the most translated document in the world”:

“1) All human beings are free and equal, 2.) No discrimination with everyone entitled to all the rights and freedoms, without distinction to race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status, or on the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, 3.) Right to life, liberty and security of person, 4.) No slavery or servitude, 5) No torture and inhuman treatment or punishment.

6.) Same right to use law with everyone with the right to recognition everywhere, 7.) Equal before the law, without any discrimination 8.) Right to be treated fair by court, 9.) No unfair detainment, arbitrary arrest, detention or exile, 10.) Right to trial, in full equality to a fair/public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal.

11.) Innocent until proved guilty, 12.) Right to privacy with no one to be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honor and reputation, 13.) Freedom to movement/residence within the borders of each state and with right to leave any country, 14.) Right to asylum in other countries, 15.) Right to nationality.

16.) Rights to marry and have family, 17.) Right to own things/property alone (or with others, 18.) Freedom of thought and religion and to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance, 19.) Freedom of opinion and expression, and, 20.) Right to assemble, the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.

21.) Right to democracy, to equal access to public service in his country, 22.) Right to social security, 23.) Right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favorable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment, to equal pay for equal work and to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests, 24.) Right to rest and holiday, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay, 25.) Right of social service, right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control. Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children shall enjoy the same social protection.

26.) Right to education which shall be free, at least in the elementary (compulsory) and fundamental stages, technical and professional education be made generally available, higher education equally accessible to all on the basis of merit, 27.) Right of cultural and art, 28.) Freedom around the world, 29.) Subject to law where everyone has duties to the community, and 30.) Human rights can’t be taken away and 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.”