dilluns, 9 de març del 2009

The Human Rights



On 10 December 1948, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the full text of which appears in the following pages. Following this historic act, the Assembly called upon all Member countries 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."


In my opinion the most important human rights are:
- Racism: this is prejudice based on the actitude or belief that people of other races are inferior.


- Xenofobia: this is a hatred or fear of foreigners or strangers or of their politics or culture.


Article 2:
Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.


- Slavery: "relationship wereby one person has absolute power over another and controls his life, liberty and furtune". Also "work done in harsh conditions for low pay"


Article 4:
No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.


- Genocide: this is the policy of deliberately destroying a nationality or ethnic group.


- Hostage: this is someone who held by person or organisation as segurity until something is done which will ensure their release.


But I think that all the human rights are importants and they should exist in a perfect world!