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Foundation 3 articles
P Preamble Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family i...
+0.25 489 (61%) 1 Freedom, Equality, Brotherhood All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should a...
+0.22 363 (45%) 2 Non-Discrimination Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such...
+0.18 271 (34%)
Security 3 articles
3 Life, Liberty, Security Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.
+0.23 269 (34%) 4 No Slavery No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.
+0.06 95 (12%) 5 No Torture No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
+0.12 129 (16%)
Legal 6 articles
6 Legal Personhood Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.
+0.12 163 (20%) 7 Equality Before Law All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitle...
+0.17 227 (28%) 8 Right to Remedy Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rig...
+0.16 186 (23%) 9 No Arbitrary Detention No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.
+0.10 128 (16%) 10 Fair Hearing Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the dete...
+0.14 151 (19%) 11 Presumption of Innocence Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a pu...
+0.08 127 (16%)
Privacy & Movement 4 articles
12 Privacy No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upo...
+0.11 424 (53%) 13 Freedom of Movement Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state.
Everyone has the right to...
+0.19 213 (27%) 14 Asylum Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.
This right may not be invoked i...
+0.10 120 (15%) 15 Nationality Everyone has the right to a nationality.
No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right t...
+0.07 111 (14%)
Personal 3 articles
16 Marriage & Family Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to f...
+0.09 118 (15%) 17 Property Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others.
No one shall be arbitrarily deprive...
+0.18 266 (33%) 18 Freedom of Thought Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religio...
+0.21 223 (28%)
Expression 3 articles
19 Freedom of Expression Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interf...
+0.41 710 (89%) 20 Assembly & Association Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.
No one may be compelled to belong to an associa...
+0.26 287 (36%) 21 Political Participation Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives....
+0.21 263 (33%)
Economic & Social 4 articles
22 Social Security Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effo...
+0.17 254 (32%) 23 Work & Equal Pay Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protectio...
+0.15 327 (41%) 24 Rest & Leisure Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with ...
+0.09 141 (18%) 25 Standard of Living Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, incl...
+0.22 297 (37%)
Cultural 2 articles
26 Education Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Element...
+0.29 463 (58%) 27 Cultural Participation Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in sc...
+0.34 527 (66%)
Order & Duties 3 articles
28 Social & International Order Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration ...
+0.21 331 (41%) 29 Duties to Community Everyone has duties to the community in which alone the free and full development of his personality is possible.
In th...
+0.19 366 (46%) 30 No Destruction of Rights Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any act...
+0.17 216 (27%)