United Nations
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Every grown-up has the right to marry and have a family if they want to. Men and women have the same rights when they are married, and when they are separated.
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Everyone has the right to own things or share them. Nobody should take our things from us without a good reason.
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We all have the right to believe in what we want to believe, to have a religion, or to change it if we want.
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We all have the right to make up our own minds, to think what we like, to say what we think, and to share our ideas with other people.
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We all have the right to meet our friends and to work together in peace to defend our rights. Nobody can make us join a group if we don’t want to.
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We all have the right to take part in the government of our country. Every grown-up should be allowed to choose their own leaders.
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We all have the right to affordable housing, medicine, education, and childcare, enough money to live on and medical help if we are ill or old.
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Every grown-up has the right to do a job, to a fair wage for their work, and to join a trade union.
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We all have the right to rest from work and to relax.
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We all have the right to a good life. Mothers and children, people who are old, unemployed or disabled, and all people have the right to be cared for.
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Education is a right. Primary school should be free. We should learn about the United Nations and how to get on with others. Our parents can choose what we learn.
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Copyright is a special law that protects one’s own artistic creations and writings; others cannot make copies without permission. We all have the right to our own way of life and to enjoy the good things that art, science and learning bring.
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There must be proper order so we can all enjoy rights and freedoms in our own country and all over the world.
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We have a duty to other people, and we should protect their rights and freedoms.
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