Human Rights Day

Today is International Human Rights Day. The UN's Declaration of Human Rights is a contemporary expansion of our own Bill of Rights. It's a significant statement of self-determination and the limits of state powers.


Article 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.


Article 18.


Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.