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Article 4: Ban on slavery
No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the…
Article 3: Right to life
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person. Definitions…
Article 2: Ban on discrimination
Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in…
Article 1: Innate freedom and equality
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.…
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Preamble Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and…
HUMAN RIGHTS ACTORS
Traditional international law did not confer rights on individuals. People did not…
PROGRESSIVE REALISATION OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS
The notion of ‘progressive’ realisation using ‘available resources’, contained in some economic,…
THE RIGHT TO WATER AND SANITATION
In the southern Serbian town of Leskovac, skin diseases have plagued a…
ELEMENTS OF THE RIGHT TO WATER
The right to water and the right to an adequate standard of…


