1 We are all free and equal
We are all born free. We all have our own thoughts and ideas. We should all be treated in the same way
2 Don't discriminateThese rights belong to everybody, whatever our differences
3 The right to lifeWe all have the right to life, and to live in freedom and safety
4 No slavery - past and presentNobody has any right to make us a slave. We cannot make anyone our slave.
5 No torture Nobody has any right to hurt us or to torture us
6 We all have the same right to use the lawI am a person just like you
7 We are all protected by the lawthe law is the same for everyone. It must treat us all fairly.
8 Fair treatment by fair courtsWe can all ask for the law to help us when we are not treated fairly.
9 No unfair detainmentNobody has the right to put us in prison without a good reason and keep us there, or to send us away from our country.
10 The right to trialIf we are put on trial this should be in public. The people who try us should not let anyone tell them what to do.
11 Innocent until proven guiltyNobody should be blamed for doing something until it is proven. When people say we did a bad thing we have th eright to show it is not true.
12 The right to privacyNobody should try to harm our good name. Nobody has the right to come into our home, open our letters, or bother us or our family without a good reason
13 Freedom to move We all have the right to go where we want in our own country and to travel as we wish
14 The right to asylumIf we are frightened of being badly treated in our own country, we all have the right to run away to another country to be safe.
15 The right to a nationalityWe all have the right to belong to a country.
16 Marriage and familyEvery grown-up has the right to marry and have a family if they want to. Men and women have the same rights when they are married, and when they are separated
17 Your own thingsEveryone has the right to own things or share them. Nobody should take our things from us without a good reason.
18 Freedom of thoughtWe all have the right to believe in what we want to believe, to have a religion, or to change it if we want.
19 Free to say what you wantWe all have the right to make up our own minds, to think what we like, to say what we think, and to share our ideas with other people.
20 Meet where you likeWe all have the right to meet our friends and to work together in peace to defend our rights. Nobody can make us join a group if we don't want to.
21 The right to democracyWe all have the right to take part in the government of our country. Every grown-up should be allowed to choose their own leaders.
22 The right to social securityWe all have the right to affordable housing, medicine, education, and child care, enough money to live on and medical help if we are ill or old.
23 Worker's rightsEvery grown-up has the right to do a job, to a fair wage for their work, and to join a trade union
24 The right to playWe all have the right to rest from work and to relax
25 A bed and some foodWe all have the right to a good life. Mothers and children, peole who are old, unemployed or disabled, and all people have the right to be cared for.
26 The right to education Education is a right. Primary school should be free. We should learn about the United Nations ad how to get on with others. Our parents can choose what we learn
27 Culture and copyrightCopyright is a special law that protects one's own artistic creations and writings; others cannot make copies without permission. We all have the right to our own way of life and to enjoy the good things that art, science and learning bring
28 A free and fair worldThere must be proper order so we can all enjoy rights and freedoms in our own country and all over the world.
29 Our responsibilitiesWe have a duty to other people, and we should protect their rights and freedoms.
30 Nobody can take away these rights and freedoms from usThank you to the teenage girl who determinedly put this leaflet into my hands, my having dodged the first attempt.
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