The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a milestone document in the history of human rights. Drafted by representatives with different legal and cultural backgrounds from all regions of the world, the Declaration was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948. General Assembly resolution 217 A (III) is a common standard of achievements for all peoples and all nations. It sets out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected. – The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights sets out thirty fundamental rights:

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• Article 1: Right to Equality
• Article 2: Freedom from Discrimination
• Article 3: Right to Life, Liberty, and Personal Security
• Article 4: Freedom from Slavery
• Article 5: Freedom from Torture and Degrading Treatment
• Article 6: Right to Recognition as a Person before the Law
• Article 7: Right to Equality before the Law
• Article 8: Right to Remedy by Competent Tribunal
• Article 9: Freedom from Arbitrary Arrest and Exile
• Article 10: Right to Fair Public Hearing
• Article 11: Right to be Considered Innocent until Proven Guilty
• Article 12: Freedom from Interference with Privacy, Family, Home, and Correspondence
• Article 13: Right to Free Movement in and out of the Country
• Article 14: Right to Asylum in other Countries from Persecution
• Article 15: Right to a Nationality and the Freedom to Change It
• Article 16: Right to Marriage and Family
• Article 17: Right to Own Property
• Article 18: Freedom of Belief and Religion
• Article 19: Freedom of Opinion and Information
• Article 20: Right of Peaceful Assembly and Association
• Article 21: Right to Participate in Government and in Free Elections
• Article 22: Right to Social Security
• Article 23: Right to Desirable Work and to Join Trade Unions
• Article 24: Right to Rest and Leisure
• Article 25: Right to Adequate Living Standard
• Article 26: Right to Education
• Article 27: Right to Participate in the Cultural Life of Community
• Article 28: Right to a Social Order that Articulates this Document
• Article 29: Right to fulfill Community Duties Essential to Free and Full Development
• Article 30: Freedom from State or Personal Interference in the above Rights

- Excerpted from Amnesty International, Speak Truth to Power, 2000

There are 375 different translations of UDHR, available in HTML and/or PDF format. To find more information about the UDHR and to access the translations please visit the website of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.