NEXT UP! 3 104 United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Simplified version) Article 1, Right to equality: You are born free and equal in rights to every other human being. You have the ability to think and to tell right from wrong. You should treat others with friendship. Article 2, Freedom from discrimination: You have all these human rights no matter what your race, skin colour, sex, language, religion, opinions, family background, social or economic status, birth or nationality. Before reading Universal Declaration of Human Rights: The use of the word universal means the articles in the declaration apply to all the people in the world. Why is it important to have a universal declaration of human rights? Discuss with a partner and jot down your thoughts. a declaration – yfirlýsing ability – hæfni sex – hér: kyn First Lady in the US from 1933 to 1945, Eleanor Roosevelt, holding a Universal Declaration of Human Rights poster at Lake Success, New York, in November 1949.
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