Know the Universal Declaration for Human Rights

Sign the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states:
“No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.”

It’s time for a global conversation about human rights. It’s time to consider the values that unite us as one human family. And now, for the very first time, citizens of the world can sign the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), a document that calls for freedom, safety, and personal and political rights for everyone around the world. For the last 60 years only governments were asked to sign the Declaration.

Now, you can join the Elders, an international organization comprised of Nobel Peace Laureates and other world leaders in their “Every Human Has Rights” campaign, launched to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the UDHR. The organization is led by Nelson Mandela, Bishop Desmond Tutu and Jimmy Carter. Their goal is to get one billion signatures.

Sign the historical Declaration today and celebrate the basic principles of justice, equality and rights for all humanity.

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Although most Americans are law-abiding folks, our government has largely slipped into the hands of multi-national criminals who find it inconvenient to subject themselves to any higher law. By remaining isolationist as far as higher law is concerned, they protect their "sovereignty" while remaining able to destroy the sovereignty of the common people of the USA with a glut of laws that are only enforced upon the common people. The Universal Declaration for Human Rights demonstrates that there are many human beings who think about the welfare of the average Joe and Josephine.
Parris Ja Young
posted on Feb 19, 2012