Civil and political right

Civil and political right

Article 3 to 21 of the Universal declaration of human right deals with the civil and political right. These are the following:

         1)    Right to life, liberty and security of persons (Article 3);

slavery

        2)    Freedom from slavery or servitude (Article 4);

        3)    Prohibition against torture, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (Article 5);

      4)    Recognition as a person before the law (Article 6);

equality before law

      5)    Equality before the law and equal protection of law without any discrimination (Article 7); 

       6)    Effective remedy before the national tribunals (Article 8);

       7)    Freedom from arbitrary arrest, detention or exile (Article 9);

      8)    Right to fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal  (Article 10);

      9)    Presumption of innocence until proved guilty in a public trial with all guarantees necessary for defense in criminal cases (Article 11 Para 1);

10)    Freedom from ex –post facto law (Article 11 Para 2);

11)    Right to privacy, family, home and correspondence (Article 12);

12)    Right to free movement and residence within border of a state (Article 13 Para 1);

13)    Right to leave any country, including his own and to return his country (Article 13 Para 2);

14)    Right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution (Article 14 Para 1); 

15)    Right to nationality (Article 15);

16)    Right to marry and found a family (Article 16);

17)    Right to own property (Article 17);

18)    Right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion (Article 18);

19)    Right to freedom of opinion and expression (Article 19);

peaceful assembly

20)    Right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association  (Article 20);

21)    Right to participate in the government of his country Article 21);