African Court Cases

UDHR

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Adopted on : 10 Dec 1948 Search

Articles

Articles Designation Number of Cases Details
Article 1
Equality and freedom
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of…
8 cases
Article 2
Non-discrimination
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,…
5 cases
Article 3
Life, liberty, security of person
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.
8 cases
Article 4
Slavery
No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.
0 cases
Article 5
Torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
5 cases
Article 6
Recognition
Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.
3 cases
Article 7
Equality before the law, equal protection of the law, equal protection against discrimination
All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any…
19 cases
Article 8
Effective remedy for human rights violations
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…
33 cases
Article 9
Arbitrary arrest, detention or exile
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.
6 cases
Article 10
Fair trial
Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and…
32 cases
Article 11
Presumption of innocence, legality of criminal offences
1. Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all…
9 cases
Article 12
Privacy
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone…
1 cases
Article 13
Freedom of movement
1. Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state. 2. Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his…
2 cases
Article 14
Asylum
1. Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution. 2. This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions…
1 cases
Article 15
Nationality
1. Everyone has the right to a nationality. 2. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality.
3 cases
Article 16
Marriage and family, marriage based on consent, protection of the family
1. Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to…
0 cases
Article 17
Property
1. Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others. 2. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.
10 cases
Article 18
Freedom of thought, freedom of conscience, freedom of religion
Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone…
1 cases
Article 19
Freedom of opinion, freedom of expression
Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart…
4 cases
Article 20
Freedom of assembly, freedom of association
1. Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association. 2. No one may be compelled to belong to an association.
2 cases
Article 21
Participation in government
1. Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives. 2. Everyone has the right of equal…
9 cases
Article 22
Social security
Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international co-operation and in…
1 cases
Article 23
Work, trade unions
1. Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment. 2.…
6 cases
Article 24
Rest, leisure
Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.
0 cases
Article 25
Adequate standard of living, food, clothing, housing, medical care, social services
1. Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and…
1 cases
Article 26
Education
1. Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory.…
2 cases
Article 27
Participation in science and culture
1. Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its…
0 cases
Article 28
Social and international order to realise the rights and freedoms in this Declaration
Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized.
1 cases
Article 29
Individual duties: limitations on the enjoyment of rights and freedoms
1. Everyone has duties to the community in which alone the free and full development of his personality is possible. 2. In the exercise of his rights and…
0 cases
Article 30
Minimum guarantees
Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the…
4 cases
Article -Treaty
Treaty - UDHR
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
0 cases
Article 1 8 cases
Designation Equality and freedom
Description All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
cases
Article 2 5 cases
Designation Non-discrimination
Description 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,…
cases
Article 3 8 cases
Designation Life, liberty, security of person
Description Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.
cases
Article 4 0 cases
Designation Slavery
Description No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.
cases
Article 5 5 cases
Designation Torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
Description No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
cases
Article 6 3 cases
Designation Recognition
Description Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.
cases
Article 7 19 cases
Designation Equality before the law, equal protection of the law, equal protection against discrimination
Description All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any…
cases
Article 8 33 cases
Designation Effective remedy for human rights violations
Description 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 law.
cases
Article 9 6 cases
Designation Arbitrary arrest, detention or exile
Description No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.
cases
Article 10 32 cases
Designation Fair trial
Description Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him.
cases
Article 11 9 cases
Designation Presumption of innocence, legality of criminal offences
Description 1. Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence. 2. No one shall be…
cases
Article 12 1 cases
Designation Privacy
Description No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such…
cases
Article 13 2 cases
Designation Freedom of movement
Description 1. Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state. 2. Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.
cases
Article 14 1 cases
Designation Asylum
Description 1. Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution. 2. This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from non-political crimes or from acts contrary to…
cases
Article 15 3 cases
Designation Nationality
Description 1. Everyone has the right to a nationality. 2. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality.
cases
Article 16 0 cases
Designation Marriage and family, marriage based on consent, protection of the family
Description 1. Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its…
cases
Article 17 10 cases
Designation Property
Description 1. Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others. 2. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.
cases
Article 18 1 cases
Designation Freedom of thought, freedom of conscience, freedom of religion
Description Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to…
cases
Article 19 4 cases
Designation Freedom of opinion, freedom of expression
Description Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of…
cases
Article 20 2 cases
Designation Freedom of assembly, freedom of association
Description 1. Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association. 2. No one may be compelled to belong to an association.
cases
Article 21 9 cases
Designation Participation in government
Description 1. Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives. 2. Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in his country. 3. The will of the…
cases
Article 22 1 cases
Designation Social security
Description Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each…
cases
Article 23 6 cases
Designation Work, trade unions
Description 1. Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment. 2. Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for…
cases
Article 24 0 cases
Designation Rest, leisure
Description Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.
cases
Article 25 1 cases
Designation Adequate standard of living, food, clothing, housing, medical care, social services
Description 1. Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to…
cases
Article 26 2 cases
Designation Education
Description 1. Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally…
cases
Article 27 0 cases
Designation Participation in science and culture
Description 1. Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits. 2. Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral…
cases
Article 28 1 cases
Designation Social and international order to realise the rights and freedoms in this Declaration
Description Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized.
cases
Article 29 0 cases
Designation Individual duties: limitations on the enjoyment of rights and freedoms
Description 1. Everyone has duties to the community in which alone the free and full development of his personality is possible. 2. In the exercise of his rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to such limitations as…
cases
Article 30 4 cases
Designation Minimum guarantees
Description Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth…
cases
Article -Treaty 0 cases
Designation Treaty - UDHR
Description Universal Declaration of Human Rights
cases