HUMAN RIGHTS BOOK

HUMAN RIGHTS

Parchment

Trial Rights

ARTICLE 10. THE RIGHT TO TRIAL

- The Right to a Speedy Trial - The Right to a Public Trial

- The Right to a Trial By Jury - The Right to Confront Witnesses

Following the death of the 8 month old Louise Woodward was looking after in 1997, she was arrested and charged with murder.  During the trial the defence produced scientific evidence to show that Louise could not have been guilty, which was unchallenged. Despite this, she was found guilty of second degree murder and sentenced to a minimum of 15 years in prison.

Stars pattern

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

You can't escape tomorrow's responsibility by dodging it today. Abraham Lincoln

Dark wood

ARTICLE 20. THE RIGHT TO PUBLIC ASSEMBLY

You can be a part of any organization of your choice. However, you can't be forced to join one against your will!

1. Everyone has the right to freedom of public assembly and association. 2. No one may be compelled to belong to an association.

12.º B/C/D/F Afonso Martins- Article 3 and Article 24 Eduardo Teixeira - Article 19 + cover Gabriel Almeida - Article 8 and Article 18 Gabriel Carvalho - Article 10 and Article 21 Guilherme Santos - Article 5 and Article 15 Gustavo Gião - Article 27 and Article 30 Hugo Martins - Article 28 and Article 29 Inês Silva - Article 7 and Article 13 Joana Rodrigues- Article 11 and Article 26 Mafalda Pinho - Article 2 and Article 25 Margarida Ferreira - Article 4 and Article 23 Mariana Costa - Article 9 and Article 12 Matilde Ferreira - Article 6 and Article17 Matilde Fonseca - Article 1 and Article 14 Miguel Alves - Article 20 and Article 22 Zé Soares - Article 16 + Song

<a href="https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/human-rights-act/article-6-right-fair-trial">https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/human-rights-act/article-6-right-fair-trial</a> <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55230654">https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55230654</a> <a href="https://www.youthforhumanrights.org/what-are-human-rights/videos/no-one-can-take-your-rights.html">https://www.youthforhumanrights.org/what-are-human-rights/videos/no-one-can-take-your-rights.html</a> <a href="https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en">https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en</a> <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54968498">https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54968498</a> <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41981509">https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41981509</a> <a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=23997&amp;LangID=E">https://www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=23997&amp;LangID=E</a> <a href="https://www.unicef.org/protection/child-marriage">https://www.unicef.org/protection/child-marriage</a> <a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/03/23/egypt-security-forces-disappear-torture-children">https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/03/23/egypt-security-forces-disappear-torture-children</a> <a href="https://www.humanrights.com/course/lesson/articles-12-18/read-article-13.html">https://www.humanrights.com/course/lesson/articles-12-18/read-article-13.html</a> <a href="https://www.humanrights.com/download/posters.html">https://www.humanrights.com/download/posters.html</a> <a href="https://www.google.pt/imghp">https://www.google.pt/imghp</a> <a href="https://www.fairtrials.org/case-study/louise-woodward">https://www.fairtrials.org/case-study/louise-woodward</a> <a href="https://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/">https://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/</a> <a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/02/08/au-tshisekedi-should-set-rights-driven-agenda">https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/02/08/au-tshisekedi-should-set-rights-driven-agenda</a> <a href="https://www.ccohs.ca/products/posters/workers_rights/">https://www.ccohs.ca/products/posters/workers_rights/</a>

ARTICLE 24. THE RIGHT TO REST AND LEISURE

Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.

ARTICLE 25. FOOD AND SHELTER

Antique paper texture

ARTICLE 3. THE RIGHT TO LIFE, FREEDOM, SAFETY

No one should be arbitrarily killed

or deprived of their liberty without good reason.

Clouds pattern

You have the right to get the help of your government in various ways, including education, health, and financial support.

ARTICLE 22. SOCIAL SECURITY

Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social, and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality.

“A child without education is like a bird without wings.” -Tibetan proverb

How is the right to education ensured? The right to education is established by two means: - normative international instruments -political commitments by governments.

A solid international framework of conventions and treaties exist to protect the right to education and States that sign up to them agree to respect, protect and fulfil this right.

ARTICLE 26. THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION

- The median infringement amount for these offenses was $107,808. - In fiscal year 2019, the majority of copyright/trademark offenders were male (87.4%).

ARTICLE 30. NO ONE CAN TAKE AWAY YOUR HUMAN RIGHTS!

They belong to you!

You don't need to buy or ask permission. Some people may ignore their rights or violate them or pretend they don't exist, but they can't change the fact that they are yours.

Light wood

ARTICLE 12. THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY

Nobody should try to harm our good name. Nobody has the right to come into our home, open our letters, or bother us or our family without a good reason.&nbsp;

Privacy breaches often happen on the internet, and although not directly associated, it is a violation of this article.

Paper stack border

Human Right 9, No Unfair Detainment

Nobody has the right to put us in prison without good reason and keep us there, or to send us away from our country.

ARTICLE 9. NO UNFAIR DETAINMENT

There is an outstanding number of reports of article nine being violated especially in the middle east. Israel, Iraq, and Korea have record high instances of people unfairly put behind bars.

Violations of article nine, unfair detainment has extreme impacts on peoples life's. There are ways to solve the problem but that would take the whole world to work together. 

#Arbitrary detention Cases

Here are some examples of the violation of this article

Marble

ARTICLE 11. ALWAYS INNOCENT TILL PROVEN GUILTY

“In India a woman is always innocent until proven guilty and a man is always guilty until proven innocent” -Chaitra Ashok

“Condemnation without investigation is the height of ignorance” -Albert Einstein

1. 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 defense.

2. 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.

Guilty until proven innocent - Harvard Law Today

ARTICLE 15. THE RIGHT TO A NATIONALITY

ARTICLE 21. THE RIGHT TO DEMOCRACY

Right to take part in the government of one's country, directly or through freely chosen representatives

Right of periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote

Right of equal access to public services in one's country

Green geometrical pattern

ARTICLE 28. A FAIR AND FREE WORLD

The first article that binds the whole Declaration together

Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized.

“To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.”

Sheet music paper

And I believe

written and composed by José Soares (12.ºB) sung by Mariana Costa (12.ºC)

Human rights are about to be a human, right?&nbsp; I look at the sky and I think that we need a light&nbsp; Our reality is a scary nightmare A world where not everyone breaths the same air And today I pray to god that my children have a future where there are no colors, where we can trust ourselves And I believe that we can change the world A world of justice, without racism, full of love And it's my wish that we can grow up together To have some magic, without tragedy in our heart I'm white, you are black but we are the same The skin is not an identity I have to say again It's so easy, but they are weird, they don't understand They don't know what it's like not to feel like a man So stay strong, you are important to me But don't wait for God, do something! And I believe that we can change the world A world of justice, without racism, full of love And it's my wish that we can grow up together To have some magic, without tragedy in our heart

ARTICLE 17. THE RIGHT TO YOUR OWN THINGS

Craft paper border

The is the natural and fundamental nucleus of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State. Therefore, everyone has the right to marry on equal terms without prejudice and racism.

ARTICLE 16. MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

However, its exercise admits restrictions, which include those expressly listed in article 16 of the UDHR.

The law requires that, for you to be able to celebrate marriage, full age is required in order to combat the so-called child marriages.

Currently, we can observe many cases of child marriage in countries like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Indonesia and even Brazil, which is in the top 4 in the international ranking of more cases of child marriage.

Article 1. ALL HUMAN BEINGS ARE BORN FREE AND EQUAL IN DIGNITY AND RIGHTS

ARTICLE 7. ALL EQUAL BEFORE THE LAW

"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."

Before the law everyone should be equal,. Every case should be seen with a imparcial point of view, not judging anyone by race, age our career.

‘No one took us seriously:’ Black cops warned about racist Capitol Police officers for years

Since 2001, hundreds of Black officers had sued the department for racial discrimination. No one took their allegations seriously and the accused cops got out unpunished.

ARTICLE 14. EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO SEEK AND TO ENJOY IN OTHER COUNTRIES ASYLUM FROM PERSECUTION

Asylum Seekers are people that search for shelter like refugees, people that are persecute and everyone else who haven't commited any crime.

This article is divided in two parts: “1. Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each State. 2. Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.

It means that you can leave and return to your country and move freely. Even though this article exists, it is violated in so many ways. For example, in Algeria, refugees and asylum-seekers are frequent victims of detention, expulsion or ill treatment.

Name

Safari may block some audio or video from playing automatically and ‘read to me’ will skip these. You can configure this in Safari’s preferences.