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▓▓▓▓▓▓║     AMERICAN DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF MAN       ║░░░▓▓▓▓▓
▓▓▓▓▓▓║ OAS Resolution XXX, adopted by Ninth International Conference  ║░░░▓▓▓▓▓
▓▓▓▓▓▓║      of American States (30 March - 2 May 1948), Bogotá        ║░░░▓▓▓▓▓
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WHEREAS:

The American peoples have acknowledged the dignity of the individual, and
  their national constitutions recognize that juridical and political
  institutions, which regulate life in human society, have as their principal
  aim the protection of the essential rights of man and the creation of
  circumstances that will permit him to achieve spiritual and material
  progress and attain happiness;

The American States have on repeated occasions recognized that the essential
  rights of man are not derived from the fact that he is a national of a
  certain state, but are based upon attributes of the human personality;

The international protection of the rightsof man should be the principal guide
  of an evolving American law;

The affirmation of essential human rights by the American States together with
  the guarantees given by the internal regimes of the states establish the
  initial system of protection considered by the American States as being
  suited to the present social and juridical conditions, not without a
  recognition on their part that they should increasingly strengthen that
  system in the international field as conditions become more favorable,

The Ninth International Conference of American States

                               AGREES

To adopt the following

            AMERICAN DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF MAN

                              PREAMBLE

All men are born free and equal, in dignity and in rights, and, being endowed
  by nature with reason and conscience, they should conduct themselves as
  brothers one to another.

The fulfillment of duty by each individual is a prerequisite to the rights of
  all. Rights and duties are interrelated in every social and political
  activity of man. While rights exalt individual liberty, duties express the
  dignity of that liberty.

Duties of a juridical nature presuppose others of a moral nature which support
  them in principle and constitute their basis.

Inasmuch as spiritual development is the supreme end of human existence and
  the highest expression thereof, it is the duty of man to serve that end
  with all his strength and resources.

Since culture is the highest social and historical expression of that
  spiritual development, it is the duty of man to preserve, practice and
  foster culture by every means within his power.

And, since moral conduct constitutes the noblest flowering of culture, it is
  the duty of every man always to hold it in high respect.

                         CHAPTER ONE: RIGHTS

Article 1: Every human being has the right to life, liberty and the security
  of his person.

Article 2: All persons are equal before the law and have the rights and duties
  established in this Declaration, without distinction as to race, sex,
  language, creed or any other factor.

Article 3: Every person has the right freely to profess a religious faith, and
  to manifest and practice it both in public and in private.

Article 4: Every person has the right to freedom of investigation, of opinion,
  and of the expression and dissemination of ideas, by any medium whatsoever.

Article 5: Every person has the right to the protection of the law against
  abusive attacks upon his honor, his reputation, and his private and family
  life.

Article 6: Every person has the right to establish a family, the basic element
  of society, and to receive protection therefor.

Article 7: All women, during pregnancy and the nursing period, and all
  children have the right to special protection, care and aid.

Article 8: Every person has the right to fix his residence within the
  territory of the state of which he is a national, to move about freely
  within such territory, and not to leave it except by his own will.

Article 9: Every person has the right to the inviolability of his home.

Article 10: Every person has the right to the inviolability and transmission
  of his correspondence.

Article 11: Every person has the right to the preservation of his health
  through sanitary and social measures relating to food, clothing, housing
  and medical care, to the extent permitted by public and community
  resources.

Article 12: Every person has the right to an education, which should be based
  on the principles of liberty, morality and human solidarity.
   Likewise every person has the right to an education that will prepare
  him to attain a decent life, to raise his standard of living, and to be a
  useful member of society.
   The right to an education includes the right to equality of opportunity
  in every case, in accordance with natural talents, merit and the desire to
  utilize the resources that the state or the community is in a position to
  provide.
   Every person has the right to receive, free, at least a primary
  education.

Article 13: Every person has the right to take part in the cultural life of
  the community, to enjoy the arts, and to participate in the benefits that
  result from intellectual progress, especially scientific discoveries.
   He likewise has the right to the protection of his moral and material
  interests as regards his inventions or any literary, scientific or artistic
  works of which he is the author.

Article 14: Every person has the right to work, under proper conditions, and
  to follow his vocation freely, in so far as existing conditions of
  employment permit.
   Every person who works has the right to receive such remuneration as
  will, in proportion to his capacity and skill, assure him a standard of
  living suitable for himself and for his family.

Article 15: Every person has the right to leisure time, to wholesome
  recreation, and to the opportunity for advantageous use of his free time to
  his spiritual, cultural and physical benefit.

Article 16: Every person has the right to social security which will protect
  him from the consequences of unemployment, old age, and any disabilities
  arising from causes beyond his control that make it physically or mentally
  impossible for him to earn a living.

Article 17: Every person has the right to be recognized everywhere as a person
  having rights and obligations, and to enjoy the basic civil rights.

Article 18: Every person may resort to the courts to ensure respect for his
  legal rights. There should likewise be available to him a simple, brief
  procedure whereby the courts will protect him from acts of authority that,
  to his prejudice, violate any fundamental constitutional rights.

Article 19: Every person has a right to the nationality to which he is
  entitled by law and to change it, if he so wishes, for the nationality of
  any other country that is willing to grant it to him.

Article 20: Every person having legal capacity is entitled to participate in
  the government of his country, directly or through his representatives, and
  to take part in popular elections, which shall be by secret ballot, and
  shall be honest, periodic and free.

Article 21: Every person has the right to assemble peaceably with others in a
  formal public meeting or an informal gathering, in connection with matters
  of common interest of any nature.

Article 22: Every person has the right to associate with others to promote,
  exercise and protect his legitimate interests of a political, economic,
  religious, social, cultural, professional, labor union or other nature.

Article 23: Every person has the right to own such private property as meets
  the essential needs of decent living and helps to maintain the dignity of
  the individual and of the home.

Article 24: Every person has the right to submit respectful petitions to any
  competent authority, for reasons of either general or private interest, and
  the right to obtain a prompt decision thereon.

Article 25: No person may be deprived of his liberty except in the cases and
  according to the procedures established by pre-existing law.
   No person may be deprived of liberty for nonfulfillment of obligations
  of a purely civil character.
   Every person who has been deprived of his liberty has the right to have
  the legality of his detention ascertained without delay by a court, and the
  right to be tried without undue delay, or otherwise, to be released. He
  also has the right to humane treatment during the time he is in custody.

Article 26: Every accused person is presumed to be innocent until proved
  guilty.
   Every person accused of an offense has the right to be given an
  impartial and public hearing, and to be tried by courts previously
  established in accordance with pre-existing laws, and not to receive cruel,
  infamous or unusual punishment.

Article 27: Every person has the right, in case of pursuit not resulting from
  ordinary crimes, to seek and receive asylum in foreign territory, in
  accordance with the laws of each country and with international agreements.

Article 28: The rights of man are limited by the rights of others, by the
  security of all, and by the just demands of the general welfare and the
  advancement of democracy.

                         CHAPTER TWO: DUTIES

Article 29: It is the duty of the individual so to conduct himself in relation
  to others that each and every one may fully form and develop his
  personality.

Article 30: It is the duty of every person to aid, support, educate and
  protect his minor children, and it is the duty of children to honor their
  parents always and to aid, support and protect them when they need it.

Article 31: It is the duty of every person to acquire at least an elementary
  education.

Article 32: It is the duty of every person to vote in the popular elections of
  the country of which he is a national, when he is legally capable of doing
  so.

Article 33: It is the duty of every person to obey the law and other
  legitimate commands of the authorities of his country and those of the
  country in which he may be.

Article 34: It is the duty of every able-bodied person to render whatever
  civil and military service his country may require for its defense and
  preservation, and, in case of public disaster, to render such services as
  may be in his power.
   It is likewise his duty to hold public office to which he may be elected
  by popular vote in the state of which he is a national.

Article 35: It is the duty of every person to cooperate with the state and the
  community with respect to social security and welfare, in accordance with
  his ability and with existing circumstances.

Article 36: It is the duty of every person to pay the taxes established by law
  for the support of public services.

Article 37: It is the duty of every person to work, as far as his capacity and
  possibilities permit, in order to obtain the means of livelihood or to
  benefit his community.

Article 38: It is the duty of every person to refrain from taking part in
  political activities that, according to law, are reserved exclusively to
  the citizens of the state in which he is an alien.


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█ Electronic version prepared by:   The North America Project                 █
█                                   Andrew A. Reding, Director                █
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