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(I don't know how many people read the What Is The Mandate Of The U.N.? (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=55050) -thread, so I thought to make this for more people to see..)



Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The General Assembly, Proclaims this Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, to the end that every individual and every organ of society, keeping this Declaration constantly in mind, shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms... (10 December 1948)



Article 1: "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights."
You have the same human rights as everyone else in the world, because you are a human being. These rights are inalienable - they cannot be taken away from you. Every individual, no matter who they are or where they live, should be treated with dignity.

Article 2: "Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind."
You should not suffer discrimination, or be deprived of any of your rights, because of your race, colour, sex, language, religion or political opinions. When it comes to respect for your basic rights, it should not matter what country you were born in, what social class you belong to, or how rich or poor you are. Everyone should enjoy all the rights in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Article 3: "Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person."
We all have the right to live in freedom and safety. No one should be arbitrarily killed, or deprived of their liberty without good reasons.

Article 4: "No one shall be held in slavery or servitude."
Human beings must not be owned, bought or sold. No one has the right to enslave anyone else. Slavery is a crime.

Article 5: "No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment."
Torture is forbidden at all times and in all circumstances. No one should suffer treatment or punishment that is cruel or makes them feel less than human.These rules apply everywhere - in police stations, prisons, on the streets, in peacetime or during a war.

Article 6: "Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law."
Every human being has the right to be treated as a person in the eyes of the law. We must all be granted the rights and bear the obligations accorded to every person by the law.

Article 7: "All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law."
You have the right to be treated by law in the same way as everyone else. You have the same right to be protected by the laws of your country as anyone else.

Article 8: "Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by the law."
If your rights under the law are violated by someone else - be they another individual or a member of the police or security forces - you have a right to see justice done.

Article 9: "No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile."
You may not be arrested or held in a police station or prison without good reason. You may not be kept out of your own country. If you are detained, you have the right to challenge the detention in a court of law.

Article 10: "Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal."
You have a right to a fair and public hearing if you are ever accused of breaking the law, or if you have to go to court for some other reason. The courts must be independent from the government, competent to interpret the law and free to make their own decisions.



Article 11: "Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty."
If you are accused of a crime, you have the right to be treated as innocent, unless or until you are proved guilty, according to the law, in a fair public trial, where you are allowed to mount a proper defence. You cannot be tried for doing something that was not a criminal offence in law at the time it was done.

Article 12: "No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation."
No one has the right to intrude in your private life or to interfere with your home or family without good reason. No one has the right to attack your good name without reason. The law should protect you against such interference.

Article 13: "Everyone has the right to freedom of movement."
You have the right to move about freely within your country. You also have the right to travel freely to and from your own country, and to leave any country.

Article 14: "Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution."
If you are forced to flee your home because of human rights abuses, you have the right to seek safety in another country. This means that border police or other authorities may not refuse you entry, or return you to your own country, without proper consideration being given to your request for asylum.

Article 15: "Everyone has the right to a nationality."
You have the right to be treated as a citizen of the country you come from. No one can take away your citizenship, or prevent you from changing your nationality, without good reason.

Article 16: "Men and women ...have the right to marry and found a family."
All adults have the right to marry, regardless of their race, country or religion. Both partners have equal rights in the marriage, and their free and full agreement is needed for the marriage to take place. The family is entitled to protection by the state.

Article 17: "Everyone has the right to own property."
You have the right to own goods, land and other property, alone or with other people. No one has the right to take your property away without good reason.

Article 18: "Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion."
You have the right to hold views on any issue that you like without fear of punishment or censure. You also have the right to believe in any religion - or none at all. You have the right to change your religion if you wish, and to practise and teach your religion or beliefs.

Article 19: "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression."
You have the right to tell people your opinion. You should be able to express your views, however unpopular, without fear of punishment. You have the right to communicate your views within your country and to people in other countries.

Article 20: "Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association."
You have the right to gather together with other people, in public or private. You have the right to hold meetings and organise peaceful demonstrations. Everyone has the right to form or join societies, trade unions, political groups and other associations. No one may be force you to join any group if you do not wish to.



Article 21: "Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country."
You have the right to be part of your government, either by being in it yourself or by choosing others to represent you. Governments have the authority to govern because they represent the will of the people. This means there should be free and fair elections on a regular basis. (Acknowledged dictatorships are an exception, if they're on the UN. Altough not many dictatorhips belong in the UN, so.. In this part we can make an exception.)

Article 22: "Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realisation... of... economic, social and cultural rights."
You have the right - by virtue of being a human being - to have your basic needs met. Everyone is entitled to live in economic, social and cultural conditions that allow them dignity and let them develop as individuals. All countries should do everything they can to make this happen.

Article 23: "Everyone has the right to work... Everyone has the right to form and to join unions."
You have the right to work in fair and safe conditions and to choose your job. You have the right to be paid enough for a decent standard of living, or to receive supplementary benefits. You also have the right to form or join trade unions to protect your interests.

Article 24: "Everyone has the right to rest and leisure."
You have the right to time off from work. No one may force you to work unreasonable hours, and you have the right to holidays with pay.

Article 25: "Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for... health and well-being."
Every human being has the right to a decent life, including adequate food, clothing, housing, medical care and social services. Society should help those unable to work because they are unemployed, sick, disabled or too old to work. Mothers and children are entitled to special care and assistance.

Article 26: "Everyone has the right to education."
Everyone has the right to an education. It should be free of charge, and everyone should be required to complete at least the early years of schooling. Education at a higher level should be equally available to everyone on the basis of merit. Education should strengthen respect for human rights.

Article 27: "Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community."
No one may stop you joining in cultural events organised within your community. You have the right to enjoy music, plays, exhibitions, poetry or any other form of artistic or collective expression. You have the right to share in the benefits that scientific discovery may bring.

Article 28: "Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realised."
Human beings have the right to live in the kind of world where their rights and freedoms are respected.

Article 29: "Everyone has duties to the community."
We all have a responsibility to the people around us, and we can only develop fully as individuals by taking care of each other. All the rights in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights can only be limited by law and only if necessary to protect other people's rights, meet society's sense of right and wrong, maintain order and look after the welfare of society as a whole.

Article 30: "Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying... any right to engage in any activity... aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein."
There is nothing in the Universal Declaration of Human rights that justifies any person or state doing anything that undermines the rights to which we are all entitled.



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EDIT:

Got it through; It's(they are) named Human Rights Part I, Human Rights Part II and Human Rights part III.

Keeping in mind that unless some one proposes this at the NS UN it doesn't apply here. Cause it never happened in this world. Only in the Real world. It might be a good idea for some one to propose this. We have had a lot of real life resolutions proposed and have passed. There is nothing wrong with proposing this because it's an actual real world document. I think it would be an excellent idea!

Peace,
Stephanie.

Keeping in mind that unless some one proposes this at the NS UN it doesn't apply here. Cause it never happened in this world. Only in the Real world. It might be a good idea for some one to propose this. We have had a lot of real life resolutions proposed and have passed. There is nothing wrong with proposing this because it's an actual real world document. I think it would be an excellent idea!

Peace,
Stephanie.

Thnx.. I'm going to propose this right away. Hope it will get through.. Well, it must get through. At least when I advertise this..:mrgreen:

Keeping in mind that unless some one proposes this at the NS UN it doesn't apply here. Cause it never happened in this world. Only in the Real world. It might be a good idea for some one to propose this. We have had a lot of real life resolutions proposed and have passed. There is nothing wrong with proposing this because it's an actual real world document. I think it would be an excellent idea!

Peace,
Stephanie.

Thnx.. I'm going to propose this right away. Hope it will get through.. Well, it must get through. At least when I advertise this..:mrgreen:

Excellent, you have my support. In the mean time there was no need to have it posted twice, so I removed it from the sticky.

Peace,
Stephanie.

Excellent, you have my support. In the mean time there was no need to have it posted twice, so I removed it from the sticky.

Peace,
Stephanie.

I already TG:d you about that.. And I have to say that I'm sorry. *Puppy eyes* :D

Excellent, you have my support. In the mean time there was no need to have it posted twice, so I removed it from the sticky.

Peace,
Stephanie.

I already TG:d you about that.. And I have to say that I'm sorry. *Puppy eyes* :D

No problem, no need to be sorry. I think it was better here any way, it will probably get more attention. Also if you're going to propose it. This for sure is the better place to be! :)

Peace,
Stephanie.

In the United States of Oppressed Possums, the national animal is the human, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the pint of blood. :?

The emperor of Zyssia generally agrees with all of the aforementioned articles, with the exception of Article 21. While a good idea in it's basic, text form the emperor and his advisors disagree in the ideals of people voting for their own national leaders.

Dictatorships (as they are commonly called) offer their own challenges just like democratic systems. In the end, is it not the overall happiness of people that counts, and not how it is achieved? In the emperor's and his advisors view it makes no difference whether this happiness is achieved through the decisions of few, or the "people" themselves. Democracy can be a tyranny like a dictatorship -it all depends who guide and with what wisdom and morales.

Edit: Article 21 slightly adjusted;

having trouble submitting this as a proposal. Odd.

We can not offer any support for this resolution until article 16 is amended.

<Article 16: "Men and women ...have the right to marry and found a family."
All adults have the right to marry, regardless of their race, country or religion. Both partners have equal rights in the marriage, and their free and full agreement is needed for the marriage to take place. The family is entitled to protection by the state.>

The article states that only MEN AND WOMEN have the right to marry. This can easily be interpreted as discriminating against homosexual individuals. Further, the article refers to "both partners." Within your local colony of the Planetian Empire, there are religious groups which do not believe in monogamy and which, while small, must be protected.

Our government has resolved such issues by discarding the institution of marriage from our jurisdiction. Instead, we allow citizens who wish to do so to register "civil unions," allowing them to be recognized as closely tied groups under the law. We offer the right to form such civil unions to any group of individuals, regardless of sexual orientation or views on monogamy, and leave "marriage" to the temples.

Unless this resolution is in some way amended to give homosexual people, and people who wish to form a partnership with more than one other individual, the same status and respect as that which is recieved by heterosexual monogamous couples, it will in no way be endorsed by our government or our people.

We can not offer any support for this resolution until article 16 is amended.

<Article 16: "Men and women ...have the right to marry and found a family."
All adults have the right to marry, regardless of their race, country or religion. Both partners have equal rights in the marriage, and their free and full agreement is needed for the marriage to take place. The family is entitled to protection by the state.>

The article states that only MEN AND WOMEN have the right to marry. This can easily be interpreted as discriminating against homosexual individuals. Further, the article refers to "both partners." Within your local colony of the Planetian Empire, there are religious groups which do not believe in monogamy and which, while small, must be protected.

Our government has resolved such issues by discarding the institution of marriage from our jurisdiction. Instead, we allow citizens who wish to do so to register "civil unions," allowing them to be recognized as closely tied groups under the law. We offer the right to form such civil unions to any group of individuals, regardless of sexual orientation or views on monogamy, and leave "marriage" to the temples.

Unless this resolution is in some way amended to give homosexual people, and people who wish to form a partnership with more than one other individual, the same status and respect as that which is recieved by heterosexual monogamous couples, it will in no way be endorsed by our government or our people.

NS UN proposal "Gay Rights" garauntees all us gay peeps the right to marriage and freedom from discrimination. No need to repeat ourselves in yet another proposal.

<Article 16: "Men and women ...have the right to marry and found a family."
All adults have the right to marry, regardless of their race, country or religion. Both partners have equal rights in the marriage, and their free and full agreement is needed for the marriage to take place. The family is entitled to protection by the state.>

The article states that only MEN AND WOMEN have the right to marry.

I think you misinterpreted that; All adults means all human beings that have reached adulthood. Both partners Again, there's not clearly stated that it means only men and women to get married to each other. It says; Men and women ...have the right to marry and found a family. It doesn't exclude homosexual marriages.

A little less agitation, a bit more understanding of reading..

<Article 16: "Men and women ...have the right to marry and found a family."
All adults have the right to marry, regardless of their race, country or religion. Both partners have equal rights in the marriage, and their free and full agreement is needed for the marriage to take place. The family is entitled to protection by the state.>

The article states that only MEN AND WOMEN have the right to marry.

I think you misinterpreted that; All adults means all human beings that have reached adulthood. Both partners Again, there's not clearly stated that it means only men and women to get married to each other. It says; Men and women ...have the right to marry and found a family. It doesn't exclude homosexual marriages.

A little less agitation, a bit more understanding of reading..

It doesn't include them either.

It doesn't include them either.

.....

Ok, I managed to get it in. I can't find it anywhere, though..

Ok, I managed to get it in. I can't find it anywhere, though..

I don't see it either. Hmmm, maybe try again?

Peace,
Stephanie.

We the People's Republic Of Amyth were going to oppose this resolution, until we got to the bottom and noticed the nice loophole enshrined in article 29. We at the PROA thank you for including this, as it would be difficult to legally practice the policies of mandatory military service, mandatory birth control, no elections, and the governmental ownership of all property, as long as it is for the good of society...

At least, until we read article 30 we thought...

Ok, I managed to get it in. I can't find it anywhere, though..

I don't see it either. Hmmm, maybe try again?

Peace,
Stephanie.

Phew.. It's there now.:mrgreen:

Read the first message, in the last section, there's how you can find it via the search function.. And let's add it here also..

Got it through; It's(they are) named Human Rights Part I, Human Rights Part II and Human Rights part III.

Altough no need, bump.

<Article 16: "Men and women ...have the right to marry and found a family."
All adults have the right to marry, regardless of their race, country or religion. Both partners have equal rights in the marriage, and their free and full agreement is needed for the marriage to take place. The family is entitled to protection by the state.>

The article states that only MEN AND WOMEN have the right to marry.

I think you misinterpreted that; All adults means all human beings that have reached adulthood. Both partners Again, there's not clearly stated that it means only men and women to get married to each other. It says; Men and women ...have the right to marry and found a family. It doesn't exclude homosexual marriages.

A little less agitation, a bit more understanding of reading..

We are not agitated, just concerned. We understand that the proposal does not EXPLICITLY say that people may not get married to someone of the same gender. But the phrase "men and women have the right to marry" can easily be interpreted as saying that men may only marry women and women may only marry men by the judges of certain nations when they are asked to enforce the new laws this proposal will entail. Since it is up to each individual state, rather than a United Nations body, to bring forth specific laws which match the spirit of this resolution, and since many nations oppose homosexual marriage, we feel the proposal should be amended. Some nations may even choose to interpret it as overriding previous UN resolutions concerning homosexual rights.

As to polygamous relationships, we no longer feel an amendment is necessary in regard to this issue, since the wording of the potential resolution as it is currently proposed contains nothing which could be interpreted as taking away the right of people to marry more than one partner (though the proposal as it is posted above in this thread does).

As to polygamous relationships, we no longer feel an amendment is necessary in regard to this issue, since the wording of the potential resolution as it is currently proposed contains nothing which could be interpreted as taking away the right of people to marry more than one partner (though the proposal as it is posted above in this thread does).

Well, as you may have noticed; It's already been submitted.

But, if it doesn't go through as it is now, I will try to do my best changing the proposal to be more.. Tolerant. Whaddya think?

Bumpo

Why not.. Bump.

(I think this is important; Vote for this, please! I would, if I belonged to UN)

We the People's Republic Of Amyth were going to oppose this resolution, until we got to the bottom and noticed the nice loophole enshrined in article 29. We at the PROA thank you for including this, as it would be difficult to legally practice the policies of mandatory military service, mandatory birth control, no elections, and the governmental ownership of all property, as long as it is for the good of society...

At least, until we read article 30 we thought...

We are really curious, is mandatory military service, mandatory birht control, and commune-ism allowed under this resolution?

*please note article 16, 17 and 20*

We are really curious, is mandatory military service, mandatory birht control, and commune-ism allowed under this resolution?

In NS, yes. In RL, I'm not sure.. Well, Soviet Union was part of UN, wasn't it? Quess it is allowed.

Bump...

sorry if it's been said... but 2 questions. Define Discrimination, and explain this "freedom of movement" thing... could you go into any "no tresspassing" area?

sorry if it's been said... but 2 questions. Define Discrimination, and explain this "freedom of movement" thing... could you go into any "no tresspassing" area?

Discrimination, as I understand it, is something like;
*Not giving a job to somebody because he/she's an immigrant/black/white/fat/thin/etc..

*Not thinking about others.(Some would say; Being an complete asshole)


And for that freedom of movement -thing.. No, you can't go in to a "no trespassing" area. A common sense exists you know. It most surely exist for your own safety and/or to keep somebodys privacy(Privacy, it's on one of the articles).

Ask something, if that was unclear(and I believe it was).

Bumpbumpbump

Vote vote vote vote!

Approvals so far:

Human Rights pt. I 30
Human Rights pt. II 25
Human Rights pt. III 30


Voting ends today. Please.. Vote.

We the PROA would like to suggest the following changes

Article 18: "Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion."
You have the right to hold views on any issue that you like. You also have the right to believe in any religion - or none at all. You have the right to change your religion if you wish, and to practise and teach your religion or beliefs. No one can take these rights away from you unless you are interfering with the rights of others, or engaging in the promotion of hate.

We at the PROA would like an exception for the existence of the prejudice and hate that exists in this world. We feel that sometimes a paticular idea or view should be censored.

Article 20: "Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association."
You have the right to gather together with other people, in public or private. You have the right to hold meetings and organise peaceful demonstrations. Everyone has the right to form or join societies, trade unions, political groups and other associations.

We would like the final line to be removed from this article. We at the PROA believe that until a citizen has spent the mandatory 2 years in our military, they are not a full adult. We believe that through our military service our citizens gain a better understanding of the world and our country, gain exposure to different cultures and belief's, and learn the value of hard work and compromise. We would like any restrictions to our mandatory military service to be removed from the article.

Amyth, this declaration isn't exactly official in NS, so no need to worry. It seems that the proposal won't be getting through the proposal stage. Damn.

We the PROA would have liked to support this resolution, but unfortunately are endorsementally challenged. We feel that it is a good proposal, we were just offering some, hopefully constructive, criticism. We hope that you can garner more support and re-submit this legislation.

I agree with this resolution and would be proud to vote yes on it. If I do get UN delegation position in my region I will endorse it.

Steven,
President of Altum