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DATE: 10 Dec. 2008

 

TO: My Political E-Mail List

 

SUBJECT: FW: Tomorrow is the 60th Anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights!

The following is from Ellen Snortland (who by the way celebrates the letter and spirit of the Declaration in her acclaimed one-woman show, “Now That She’s Gone,” http://www.nowthatshesgone.org/).

 

Doug

 

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From: Ellen Snortland ...
Subject: Tomorrow is the 60th Anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights!

 

Hi,

 

I don’t know if you have any plans to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights but consider passing on an abridged version to your list. Eleanor Roosevelt, the head of the committee that drafted it, did the impossible: she shepherded a committee of all men to include women and children in an international document that has been hailed to be as important as the “Magna Carta.” And yet, and yet, very few people have even heard of it, let alone read it. Let’s spread the word! And Happy Human Rights day.

 

Got Human Rights?

 

Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Adopted and proclaimed by General Assembly Resolution 217 on Dec. 10, 1948, drafted by a committee headed by Eleanor Roosevelt; re-affirmed by all the governments of the world in 1993:

  1. Every person is born free and equal in dignity and rights.
  2. Every person has human rights regardless of race, sex, language, belief or religion.
  3. Every person has the right to life, liberty and security.
  4. Slavery and the slave trade are prohibited.
  5. No person shall be subjected to torture.
  6. Every person has the right to recognition as a person before the law.
  7. All persons are entitled to equal protection before the law.
  8. Every person is entitled to the aid of law when not treated fairly.
  9. No person shall be subjected to arbitrary detention.
  10. Every person is entitled to an impartial hearing.
  11. Every person shall be considered innocent until proven guilty.
  12. Every person has the right to protection of his or her privacy.
  13. Every person has the right to travel freely within a country and to leave and return to his or her country.
  14. Every person has the right to asylum from persecution.
  15. Every person has the right to a nationality.
  16. All adults have the right to marry of their own free will and to found a family.
  17. Every person has the right to own property.
  18. Every person has the right to freedom of religion.
  19. Every person has the right to freedom of opinion and expression.
  20. Every person has the right to freedom of personal assembly and association.
  21. Every person has the right to take part in the government of his or her country.
  22. Every person has economic, social and cultural rights.
  23. Every person has the right to work, to just pay, and to form and join unions
  24. Every person has the right to rest and leisure.
  25. Every person has the right to an adequate standard of living.
  26. Every person has the right to an education.
  27. Every person has the right to participate in cultural activities and benefit from scientific advancement.
  28. Every person is entitled to a social order in which these human rights can be realized.
  29. Every person has duties to the democratic society according to the law.
  30. No person can take away these rights and freedoms.

from http://www.humanrightsandtolerance.org.uk/udhl.html

 

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