International Bill of Human Rights

A/RES/217(III)View PDF

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 58Draft international declaration of human rights, published in 1948.

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 topics

Declarations (Text)Human Rights Minorities Right of Petition

What does this mandate say?

59 operative paragraphs

Invite le Fonds international de secours à l’enfance de l’Organisation des Nations Unies en sa qualité d’institution de l’Organisation des Nations Unies spécialement chargée de pourvoir aux pressants besoins des enfants dans de nombreuses parties du monde;

Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence.

No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offence, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the penal offence was committed.

Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each State.

Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.

Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.

This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from non-political crimes or from acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.

Everyone has the right to a nationality.

No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality.

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.

Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses.

The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.

Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others.

No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.

Toute personne a le droit de circuler librement et de choisir sa résidence à l’intérieur d’un État.

Toute personne a le droit de quitter tout pays, y compris le sien, et de revenir dans son pays.

Devant la persécution, toute personne a le droit de chercher asile et de bénéficier de l’asile en d’autres pays.

Ce droit ne peut être invoqué dans le cas de poursuites réellement fondées sur un crime de droit commun ou sur des agissements contraires aux buts et aux principes des Nations Unies.

Tout individu a droit à une nationalité.

Nul ne peut être arbitrairement privé de sa nationalité, ni du droit de changer de nationalité.

A partir de l’âge nubile, l’homme et la femme, sans aucune restriction quant à la race, la nationalité ou la religion, ont le droit de se marier et de fonder une famille. Ils ont des droits égaux au regard du mariage, durant le mariage et lors de sa dissolution.

Le mariage ne peut être conclu qu’avec le libre et plein consentement des futurs époux.

La famille est l’élément naturel et fondamental de la société et a droit à la protection de la société et de l’État.

Toute personne, aussi bien seule qu’en collectivité, a droit à la propriété.

Nul ne peut être arbitrairement privé de sa propriété.

Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.

No one may be compelled to belong to an association.

Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives.

Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in his country.

The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures.

Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.

Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work.

Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection.

Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests.

Toute personne a droit à la liberté de réunion et d’association pacifiques.

Nul ne peut être obligé de faire partie d’une association.

Toute personne a le droit de prendre part à la direction des affaires publiques de son pays, soit directement, soit par l’intermédiaire de représentants librement choisis.

Toute personne a droit à accéder, dans des conditions d’égalité, aux fonctions publiques de son pays.

La volonté du peuple est le fondement de l’autorité des pouvoirs publics; cette volonté doit s’exprimer par des élections honnêtes qui doivent avoir lieu périodiquement, au suffrage universel égal et au vote secret ou suivant une procédure équivalente assurant la liberté du vote.

Toute personne a droit au travail, au libre choix de son travail, à des conditions équitables et satisfaisantes de travail et à la protection contre le chômage.

Tous ont droit, sans aucune discrimination, à un salaire égal pour un travail égal.

Quiconque travaille a droit à une rémunération équitable et satisfaisante lui assurant ainsi qu’à sa famille une existence conforme à la dignité humaine et complétée, s’il y a lieu, par tous autres moyens de protection sociale.

Toute personne a le droit de fonder avec d’autres des syndicats et de s’affilier à des syndicats pour la défense de ses intérêts.

Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.

Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.

Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.

Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace.

Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.

Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.

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.

Everyone has duties to the community in which alone the free and full development of his personality is possible.

In the exercise of his rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to such limitations as are determined by law solely for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others and of meeting the just requirements of morality, public order and the general welfare in a democratic society.

These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.

C Fate of Minorities

C Sort Des Minorités

D Publicity to Be Given to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Recommends Governments of Member States to show their adherence to Article 56 of the Charter by using every means within their power solemnly to publicize the text of the Declaration and to cause it to be disseminated, displayed, read and expounded principally in schools and other educational institutions, without distinction based on the political status of countries or territories;

Requests the Secretary-General to have this Declaration widely disseminated and, to that end, to publish and distribute texts, not only in the official languages, but also, using every means at his disposal, in all languages possible;

Invites the specialized agencies and non-governmental organizations of the world to do their utmost to bring this Declaration to the attention of their members.

D Publicité À Donner À La Déclaration Universelle Des Droits De L’homme

Recommande aux Gouvernements des États Membres de manifester leur fidélité à l’Article 56 de la Charte, en ne négligeant aucun des moyens en leur pouvoir pour publier solennellement le texte de la Déclaration et, ensuite, pour faire en sorte qu’il soit distribué, affiché, lu et commenté principalement dans les écoles et autres établissements d’enseignement, sans distinction fondée sur le statut politique des pays ou des territoires;

Prie le Secrétaire général de donner à cette Déclaration une très large diffusion et, à ces fins, de publier et faire distribuer les textes non seulement dans les langues officielles, mais encore, dans la mesure de ses moyens, dans toutes les langues possibles;

Invite les institutions spécialisées et les organisations non gouvernementales du monde à bien vouloir faire leur possible pour porter cette Déclaration à la connaissance de leurs membres.

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