Articles of the Universal Decleration of Human Rights

Equal Rights

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. In...

Freedom and Security: The Right of Every Human Being, Anywhere

Mohammad Oliyaifar is a lawyer at the Ministry of Justice and a civil rights activist in Iran. [How is that possible? editor.] He is the head of the Center for Legal Studies, concentrating [does the center concentrate in discrepancies or...

The Right to Privacy

Article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: “No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honor and reputation. Everyone has the right to the...

Article 11 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

As part of our special series focusing on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Mohammad Mostafaie, an attorney and a human rights activist, discusses Article 11 of the Declaration. Article 11 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in two...

Everyone Is Entitled to a Fair and Public Hearing

* Article 10 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: “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...

No One May Be Arrested, Detained or Exiled Arbitrarily

Article 9 forbids governments from arbitrarily arresting, imprisoning or exiling citizens.

Of course, in Iran, neither the Constitution nor existing laws, statutes or legislation permit arbitrary arrest, detention or exile. The problem is the officials in charge.

Lawyer: We have to change the traditional mindset of judges

According to Article 8 of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, “Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law.” As part...

Torture is a crime, even in the Iranian Constitution

Article 5 of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: “No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.” As part of our special series focusing on Iran and the Universal...

An interview with journalist and researcher Abbas Abdi

In an interview conducted by RADIO ZAMANEH, Abbas Abdi, the prominent reformist journalist and researcher, discusses human rights violations in Iran. Q. What types of human rights violations occur in Iran that are also common throughout the world? Are such...

Iran lacks a clear understanding of Human Rights

Article 2: Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, color, 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

The Path to Equality, Brotherhood

Last year marked the 60th anniversary of the ratification of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights. After more than six decades, its articles should have been adopted as a model of behavior by every human being on Earth and...