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.

Theory/ Case Notes

The following are some selected articles from the UDHR that are relevant to the case. However, they are not inclusive of all of the relevant articles, so you should check to see if any articles not included on this list are useful to your argument.

As you study the theory and the case,

write one or two key words from the article that you think is/are the most significant.

take notes that are relevant for matching evidence from the theory.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml	Key Word from the Article	Notes/Examples/Quotes from the movie “Blood Diamond” Movie script: Searching for “Blood Diamond script” on the internet
Article #	Description
1	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.	equality
2	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, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.	No distinction
3	Everyone has the right to life, liberty, & security of person.	Life security
4	No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.	No slavery
5	No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment	No cruelty	A RUF rebel grabs a village man and pushes him to knee down in front of the leader Colonel who shouts at the village man, “we now the future, so we take your hands. No more hands, no more voting. Chop him” **This example can not be used in your essay.
6	Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.
7	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 incitement to such discrimination.
12	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 interference or attacks
13	(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.
14	(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 the purposes and principles of the United Nations.
16	(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 dissolution.
22	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 State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality.
23	(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 equal work. (3) Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection.
25	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 security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control. (2) Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection