Human rights and freedoms

Some of the human rights and freedoms listed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in other treaties (often called covenants, conventions or guidelines) include:

• The right to life.
• Freedom from discrimination.
• The right for everyone to be treated equally by the law.
• Freedom to have privacy in the family, home or with personal correspondence.
• Freedom of association, expression, assembly (gathering in groups) and movement.
• The right to seek and enjoy asylum (a safe home).
• The right to a nationality.
• Freedom of thought, conscience and religion.
• The right to vote and take part in government.
• The right to fair working conditions.
• The right to adequate food, shelter, clothing and social security.
• The right to health.
• The right to education.
• The right to property.
• The right to participate in cultural life.
• The right to development.
• Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
• Freedom from arbitrary arrest or detention.
• The right to a fair trial.