We Are All Born Free: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Pictures

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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. On 10 December 2023 we are celebrating the UDHR's 75th anniversary, reflecting on the enduring power of these principles to inspire positive change worldwide. The 29 articles that follow include the right to asylum, the right to freedom from torture, the right to free speech and the right to education. Although it is not legally binding, the protection of the rights and freedoms set out in the Declaration has been incorporated into many national constitutions and domestic legal frameworks. All states have a duty, regardless of their political, economic and cultural systems, to promote and protect all human rights for everyone without discrimination. She objected to Roosevelt’s assertion that “men” was understood to include women – a widely-accepted concept at the time. Mehta argued that countries could use this wording to restrict the rights of women, rather than expand them.

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. Article 8 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. Article 1 Article 1: We are all born free. We all have our own thoughts and ideas and we should all be treated the same way. In 1948, following the traumatic events of World War Two, representatives from the 48 countries of the United Nations came together under Eleanor Roosevelt to devise a list of the rights that everybody across the world should enjoy.

Article 21: We all have the right to take part in our country’s political affairs either by freely choosing politicians to represent us, or by belonging to the government ourselves. Governments should be voted for by the public on a regular basis, and every person’s individual vote should be secret. Every individual vote should be worth the same.

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. This became the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - thirty rights and freedoms that belong to all of us. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment. Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home - so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. Yet they are the world of the individual person; the neighbourhood he lives in; the school or college he attends; the factory, farm, or office where he works. Such are the places where every man, woman, and child seeks equal justice, equal opportunity, equal dignity without discrimination. Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere. Without concerted citizen action to uphold them close to home, we shall look in vain for progress in the larger world.'Article 25: We all have the right to enough food, clothing, housing and healthcare for ourselves and our families. We should have access to support if we are out of work, ill, elderly, disabled, widowed, or can’t earn a living for reasons outside of our control. An expectant mother and her baby should both receive extra care and support. All children should have the same rights when they are born. It is the most concerted effort to date to bring together all fundamental human rights, and is used as the basis for all international human rights law. The European Convention on Human Rights Until 1998, this was the only route for UK citizens. And it was lengthy and expensive. But the development of the Human Rights Act allows people to enforce the rights guaranteed by the Convention in UK courts – increasing access to justice in this country.