Zen Pencils by Gavin Aung Than for August 14, 2023
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The Universal Declaration of HUMAN RIGHTS Adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1948, the Universal Declaration states basic rights and fundamental freedoms to which all human beings are entitled. WE ARE ALL BORN FREE AND EQUAL EVERYONE IS ENTITLED TO THESE RIGHTS No matter your race, religion or nationality EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO LIFE, FREEDOM AND SAFETY No one has the right to hold you in savery. No one has the right to torture you. You have the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law. We are all equal before the law and are entitled to equal protection of the law. You have the right to seek legal help if your rights are violated. You have the right to a fair and public trial. Everyone is innocent until PROVEN guilty. You have the right to prvacy. No one can interfere with your reputation, family, home or correspondence. You can travel wherever you want. You have the right to seek asylum in another country if you are being persecuted in your own country. Everyone has the right to a nationality. All adults have the right to marriage and to raise a family. You have the right to own property. Everyone has the right to belong to a religion. Freedom of Expression: You have the right to free thought and to voice your opinions to others. Everyone has the right to gather as a peaceful assembly. You have the right to help choose and to take part in governing your country, directly or through chosen representatives. VOTE You have the right to social security and are entitled to economic, social and cultural help from your government. Worker’s rights: Every adult has the right to a job, a fair wage and to join a trade union. You have the right to leisure and rest from work. Everyone has the right to an adequate standard of living for themselves and their family. Everyone has the right to education. Your intellectual property as an artist or scientist should be protected. We are all entitled to social order so we can enjoy these rights. You have the responsibility to respect the rights of others NO ONE CAN TAKE AWAY ANY OF YOUR RIGHTS United Nations 2013 For the full version of the declaration visit UN.ORG/EN/DOCUMENTS/UOHR/
Daeder over 1 year ago
Has anyone told the Republican party that the USA belongs to the UN?
Julius Marold Premium Member over 1 year ago
“Rights”. “Entitled”. Why does the act of being ensouled (aka “born”) grant you anything?
FreyjaRN Premium Member over 1 year ago
Our Constitution enshrines so many of these rights. We often fail to live up to them, but no other country has concrete ideals as high as these.
toondel5 Premium Member over 1 year ago
No-one except SCOTUS, that is.
And…
Everyone has the right to belong to a religion – or not to/to belong to themselves?
PaBlum Premium Member over 1 year ago
Article 29, not mentioned in the toon, says that the UN can take away any right it wants to! This is cheese in a mousetrap!
LAFITZGERALD over 1 year ago
Right on – terrific idea for a wall classroom poster!!
lsnrchrd.1 Premium Member over 1 year ago
All these human rights are ABSOLUTELY RESPECTED AND OBSERVED … by some minuscule minority of nations on planet Earth, a number which has dwindled annually over the past 4+ decades, and will decline further each decade (if not annually) as negative AGW climate change outcomes continue to exponentially increase in scope and scale.
Hank Bordowitz42 Premium Member over 1 year ago
Julius: Because most humans have some degree of empathy.Toondel: Just because you have a right does not necessarily mean you have to use it. Not everyone wants to create or own intellectual property.Pa Blum:“Article 29The Security Council may establish such subsidiary organs as it deems necessary for the performance of its functions.” That is quite the interpretation of what it actually says
Eamer27 Premium Member over 1 year ago
Bravo! We need this on a poster in every classroom and, more importantly every BOARDROOM!
Bill LaRocque Premium Member over 1 year ago
Well done. Again. Poster.
LC64 about 1 year ago
I see 2 things here that should be amended.
The “no matter” list should include gender.
You should be presumed innocent unless proven guilty. “until” appears to assume you will eventually be proven guilty.