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Article I : Dignity
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity
and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act
towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Article 2 : No distinction
Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms
set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as
race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national
or social origin, property, birth or other status.
Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on
the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of
the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent,
trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.
Article 3 : Life-liberty-security
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security
of person.
Article 4 : Slavery
No one shall be held in slavery or servitude;
slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.
Article 5 : Torture
No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel,
inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Article 6 : Identity
Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere
as a person before the law.
Article 7 : Equality
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 : Judicial protection
Everyone has the right to an effective remedy
by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental
rights granted him by the constitution or by law.
Article 9 : Arbitrary arrest
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest,
detention or exile.
Article 10 : Fair hearing
Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair
and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination
of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him.
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