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WEEK 9
TOPIC: UDHR
CONTENT:
- Meaning of UDHR – Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- Historical background of UDHR
SUB-TOPIC 1: MEANING OF UDHR
UDHR means international expression of fundamental/inalienable right of member of the human race. It can be referred to as global proclamation specifying the right of an individual in society.
UDHR means the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The declaration took place on December 10, 1948, in Paris, France. The declaration was translated into at least 375 languages and dialects, and it consists of 30 articles, which are known as UDHR. The document has great significance in the history of Human Right.
Human right can be defined as the right and freedoms that all humans are entitled to. These are certain entitlements that everyone has access to because they are humans.
The summary of the 30 articles of UDHR are;
- We are all born free and equal
- Do not discriminate
- No slavery
- No torture
- You have rights no matter where you go
- We are all equal before the law
- Your human rights are protected by the law
- No unfair detention
- The right to life
- The right to trial
- We are always innocent till proven guilty
- The right to privacy
- Freedom to move
- Right to seek a safe place to live
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