Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70: 30 Articles on 30 Articles – Article 5
Article 5: Freedom from Torture There is one absolute prohibition in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) that is universally accepted as unequivocal: Article 5’s ban on torture. At…
Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70: 30 Articles on 30 Articles – Article 4
Article 4: Freedom from Slavery Men bought and sold like commodities, held for years against their will on fishing boats off Thailand. Yazidi women sold into sex slavery, raped daily…
Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70: 30 Articles on 30 Articles – Article 3
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70: 30 Articles on 30 Articles – Article 2
Article 2: Freedom from Discrimination Article 2 states that everyone is entitled to all the freedoms listed in the UDHR, “without distinction of any kind such as race, colour, sex,…
Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70: 30 Articles on 30 Articles – Article 1
Article 1: We are all born free and equal The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is – obviously – a document about human rights. So why is dignity…
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34th Year of Kashmiri Pandits in Exile
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