Right to Life
Right to Freedom
Right to Equality
Right to Security
Right not to be Enslaved
Right not to be Tortured
Right not to be treated in a cruel, inhuman, or degrading manner
Right to universal recognition of one’s rights
Right to equality before the law and equal protection of the law
Right to protection against any discrimination
Right to protection against any incitement to discrimination
Right to an effective judicial remedy in view of any violation of one’s rights
Right to not be arrested or detained arbitrarily
Right to a fair trial
Right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty
Right to only be charged with criminal offences which are specified as such in national or international law
Right to not be accused of a crime if, at the time when it was committed, there was no law against it
Right to not receive a harsher penalty than the one that was applicable at the time the offence was committed
Right to privacy
Right to family
Right to have a home
Right to free and private correspondence
Right to protection against attacks on one’s honour and reputation
Right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state
Right to freedom of movement between the borders of different states
Right to asylum
Right to a nationality
Right to change one’s nationality
Right to not be arbitrarily denied or deprived of nationality
Right to marry
Right to equal rights during the marriage and at its dissolution
Right to only marry freely and willingly
Right of the family to be protected by the state and the society
Right to one’s own property (alone or in association with others)
Right to not be arbitrarily deprived of one’s own property
Right to freedom of thought
Right to freedom of conscience
Right to freedom of religion
Right to change one’s beliefs
Right to manifest one’s beliefs in teaching, practice, worship and observance
Right to freedom of opinion
Right to freedom of speech and expression
Right to peaceful assembly and association
Right to participate in the government of one’s own country
Right to vote
Equal right of access to public service of one’s country
Right to social security
Right to economic, social, and cultural rights necessary for one’s personal development
Right to a free choice of employment
Right to protection against unemployment
Right to equal pay for equal work
Right to just and favourable remuneration
Right to form and join trade unions
Right to rest and leisure
Right to periodic holidays with pay
Right to adequate standard of living
Right to food
Right to clothing
Right to housing
Right to medical care
Right to social services
Right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age, or other circumstances beyond one’s control.
Right to special care and assistance for motherhood and childhood
Equal social protection for all children
Right to education
Right to free elementary education (elementary education should be compulsory)
Right to equal access to higher education
Right to freely participate in cultural life
Right to the protection of interests resulting from one’s own scientific, literary and artistic production
Right to an international and social order allowing for the fulfilment of Human RightsTeaching Gender in the Military: A Handbook
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Conference 2: The Role of Democratic Institutions & International Best Practices
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Training Manual on Police Integrity
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Gender and Complaints Mechanisms: A Handbook for Armed Forces and Ombuds Institutions
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Integrating Gender into Oversight of the Security Sector by Ombuds Institutions & National Human Rights Institutions
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Integrating Gender into Internal Police Oversight
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The Role of Good Governance in the Promotion of Human Rights
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Ombuds Institutions for the Armed Forces: A Handbook
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Ethical Guidelines for Contact with Business and Industry in the Defence Sector
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Action Plan on Attitudes, Ethics and Leadership
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