Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Label	Text of the Declaration of Human Rights	Vocabulary
PREAMBLE
PA1	Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,	Preamble - Introduction inherent dignity - built-in worth and value inalienable - non-transferable
PA2	Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people,	disregard - ignoring (people's feelings) contempt - hatred barbarous - extremely cruel and animal-like outraged - badly angered conscience - sense of right and wrong mankind - people advent of - coming of shall - will proclaimed - announced aspiration - breathing in/wish/wishing
PA3	Whereas it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be protected by the rule of law,	essential - extremely important compelled - forced recourse - access to help rebellion - fighting against authority tyranny - very bad treatment oppression - bad mistreatment
PA4	Whereas it is essential to promote the development of friendly relations between nations, Whereas the peoples of the United Nations have in the Charter reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women and have determined to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,	promote - (help increase/show in a good way) reaffirmed - promised again fundamental - basic dignity - self-respect/built-in worth determined -  to decided to
PA5	Whereas Member States have pledged themselves to achieve, in co-operation with the United Nations, the promotion of universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms, Whereas a common understanding of these rights and freedoms is of the greatest importance for the full realization of this pledge,	pledged - promised achieve - (accomplish or gain with effort) observance - (participation in a custom/following rules) fundamental - basic realization - (understanding/achieving a goal) pledge - promise
PA6	Now, Therefore THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY proclaims THIS UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, to the end that every individual and every organ of society, keeping this Declaration constantly in mind, shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance, both among the peoples of Member States themselves and among the peoples of territories under their jurisdiction.	proclaims - announces achievement - (action of accomplishing or completing something challenging) society - (community of people/all good people in the world) Declaration - (official, public statement/document with such a statement) strive - try territories - (land areas owned or controlled by someone) jurisdiction - legal control/area of legal control
Article 1
A1	All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.	dignity - l self-respect/built-in worth are endowed with - have conscience - sense of right and wrong brotherhood - (close emotional bond between men/organization of men)
Article 2
A2	Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.	set forth - explain in detail Declaration - (official, public statement/document with such a statement) distinction - honor/difference Furthermore -  What's more, shall - will jurisdictional - (related to legal control) territory - (land area owned or controlled by someone) governing - controlling/ruling sovereignty - independent power (of a country
Article 3
A3	Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.	liberty - freedom
Article 4
A4	No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.	shall - will servitude - slavery prohibited - banned / not allowed / not legally or illegally
Article 5
A5	No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.	shall - will subjected to - brought under the dominion of another inhuman - (very cruel/terrible/not like human beings) degrading - insulting/terrible
Article 6
A6	Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.	recognition - to be known
Article 7
A7	All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination.	discrimination - (unfair treatment based on skin color, age, etc.) Declaration - (official, public statement/document with such a statement) incitement - to start (trouble)
Article 8
A8	Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law.	remedy - fix (for a disease) competent - (able to do something well/very good) tribunals - courts fundamental - basic
Article 9
A9	No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.	shall -  will subjected to - brought under the dominion of another arbitrary - random exile - (permanent removal from a country)
Article 10
A10	Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him.	equality - (state where all things are equal) impartial - fair and unprejudiced tribunal - court determination - strong desire/formal decision about something obligations - responsibilities/duties
Article 11
A11	(1) Everyone charged with a penal offense has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defense.(2) No one shall be held guilty of any penal offense  on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offense, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the penal offense was committed.	penal -  prison/punishment presumed -  assumed guarantees -  (promises that something will definitely happen or that something will definitely work as described) shall -   will omission -  mistake (where something was left out) constitute -  make up/be equal to imposed -  forced (by law) applicable -  related
Article 12
A12	No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honor and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.	shall - will subjected to - brought under the dominion of another arbitrary - random correspondence - back-and-forth writing from person to person
Article 13
A13	(1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state. (2) Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.	residence - where you live
Article 14
A14	(1) Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution. (2) This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from non-political crimes or from acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.	seek -  look (for) asylum - safety/mental hospital persecution - abuse/mistreatment invoked - called for/used genuinely - really/honestly contrary - opposite principles - ways of thinking/basic truths/rules
Article 15
A15	(1) Everyone has the right to a nationality.(2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality.	nationality - (state of belonging to a certain country) shall - will arbitrarily - randomly deprived of - starved of
Article 16
A16	(1) Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution.(2) Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses.(3) The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.	nationality - (state of belonging to a certain country) dissolution - breaking up shall - will consent - permission spouse - (husband or wife) fundamental - basic society - (community of people/all good people in the world) State - country/nation
Article 17
A17	(1) Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others.(2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.	association - connected with shall - will arbitrarily - randomly deprived of - starved of
Article 18
A18	Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.	conscience - sense of right and wrong to manifest - to show observance - (participation in a custom/following rules)
Article 19
A19	Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.	interference - getting in the way seek - look (for), impart - tell/give regardless of - (without any concern about/having nothing to do with) frontiers - edges of something/unexplored areas
Article 20
A20	(1) Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.(2) No one may be compelled to belong to an association.	assembly - (group of people/device made up of smaller parts) association - connected with compelled - forced
Article 21
A21	(1) Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives.(2) Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in his country.(3) The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures.	shall - will  periodic - occasional genuine - real/honest universal - applicable everywhere or in all cases suffrage - right to vote equivalent - equal procedures - steps or instructions that performs a specific task;
Article 22
A22	Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality.	society - (community of people/all good people in the world) realization - (understanding/achieving a goal) in accordance with - (going along with/obeying) resources - useful things/valuable supplies State - country/nation economic - money-based indispensable - extremely important dignity - self-respect/built-in worth
Article 23
A23	(1) Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favorable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.(2) Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work.(3) Everyone who works has the right to just and favorable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection.(4) Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests.	favorable - good/willing discrimination - (unfair treatment based on skin color, age, etc.) remuneration - payment ensuring - securing/making sure of dignity - self-respect/built-in worth supplemented - increased/added
Article 24
A24	Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.	leisure - fun/relaxation periodic - occasional
Article 25
A25	(1) Everyone has the 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. (2) Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.	adequate - (good) enough widowhood - refers to a woman whose husband had died livelihood - job circumstances - facts or conditions (that surround someone) childhood - (the time when a person is a child) assistance - help wedlock - marriage shall - will
Article 26
A26	(1) Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. 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 be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It 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.	shall -  will fundamental - basic compulsory - required higher education - college accessible - (easy to get to, use, or understand) merit -  demonstrated ability or achievement promote - (help increase/show in a good way) tolerance - capacity for or the practice of recognizing and respecting the beliefs or practices of others
Article 27
A27	(1) Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits. (2) Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author.	advancement - (moving ahead or up) moral - sense of right or wrong material - something, such as an idea or information, that is to be refined and made or incorporated into a finished effort literary - book-related/writing-related
Article 28
A28	Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized.	set forth - explain in detail Declaration - (official, public statement/document with such a statement) realized - (understood/made real/achieved)
Article 29
A29	(1) Everyone has duties to the community in which alone the free and full development of his personality is possible. (2) In the exercise of his rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to such limitations as are determined by law solely for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others and of meeting the just requirements of morality, public order and the general welfare in a democratic society. (3) These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.	shall - will limitations - limits determined by - figured out by/decided by solely - only requirements - needed things morality - sense of right and wrong democratic - people make decisions for their nation by voting society - (community of people/all good people in the world) exercised - the act of bringing into play or realizing in action contrary - opposite principles - ways of thinking/basic truths/rules
Article 30
A30	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.	Declaration - (official, public statement/document with such a statement) interpreted - understood/explained implying - suggesting State - nation/country engage in - start/work at perform - (do/complete) set forth - explain in detail herein - (in this/within this)