Social 30 supplement material

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Created by the UN in 1948

(Mr. McClung’s simplified version)

Article 1. - Everyone should be free and should be kind to one another.

Article 2. - There should be no discrimination, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.

Article 3. - Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.

Article 4. - No one should be a slave.

Article 5. - No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

Article 6. - Everyone should have the right to fair trails if they are in trouble with the law.

Article 7. - Everyone should be protected equally by the law.

Article 8. - If your rights are violated you should be compensated.

Article 9. - No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.

Article 10. – Same as 6 and 7.

Article 11. - (1) Everyone is presumed innocent until proved guilty.

(2You can’t be punished for breaking a law that doesn’t exist.

Article 12. - No one should have attacks against his/her privacy, family, home or correspondence, or attacks upon his/her honour and reputation.

Article 13. - (1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the area they live.

(2) Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.

Article 14. - (1) Everyone has the right to go to another country for protection from persecution.

(2) This right does not count if you are running because you broke the law.

Article 15. - (1) Everyone has the right to a nationality.

(2) You can’t have your nationality just taken from you, and you can change your nationality if you wish.

Article 16. - (1) Men and women of full age, without discrimination because of race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and have a family.

(2) You cannot be forced to get married.

(3) The family is entitled to protection by society and the State.

Article 17. - (1) Everyone has the right to own property.

(2) You cannot have your property simply taken away.

Article 18. - Everyone has the right to freedom of thought and religion.

Article 19. - Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression.

Article 20. - (1) You can hang out with whoever you want to as long as you are peaceful.

(2) You cannot be forced to join a group.

Article 21. - (1) You have the right to be in the government OR to at least vote.

(2) Everyone should live in a democracy.

Article 22. – Everyone should have enough money to at least support their basic needs.

Article 23. - (1) Everyone has the right to work where they want and in a safe environment.

(2) Everyone has the right to equal pay for equal work.

(4) Everyone has the right to form and to join a union.

Article 24. - Everyone has the right to rest and leisure. This includes reasonable work hours and holidays with pay.

Article 25. - (1) Everyone has the right food, clothing, housing and medical care, 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.

(2) Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance whether the parents are married or not.

Article 26. - (1) Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in elementary. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.

(2) Education shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace.

(3) Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.

Article 27. - Everyone has the right to be an artist or a scientist (sort of).

Article 28. – You should have a good government.

Article 29. - Everyone should help the community out.

Article 30. – You cannot use this declaration to infringe on someone else’s rights.

Do any of these rights get infringed upon in Canada?

HOMEWORK

Watch the news, read a newspaper, read a magazine, find a news blog online and find stories about human rights being denied and it into class. Print it off, cut it out, or bring in the URL so it can be shared with the class.

You must be prepared to explain the story and explain what rights are being infringed upon. Are these rights being infringed upon in an effort to balance other rights? Is national security an issue? Is this a case of greatest good for the greatest number of people? Is this a tyranny of the majority or minority? Are there freedoms being restricted that are not necessarily rights? Are certain freedoms being upheld? Does the government in power typically uphold liberalism?