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Here are your human rights:
Article 1 Right to Equality
Article 2 Freedom from Discrimination
Article 3 Right to Life, Liberty, Personal Security
Article 4 Freedom from Slavery
Article 5 Freedom from Torture and Degrading Treatment
Article 6 Right to Recognition as a Person before the Law
Article 7 Right to Equality before the Law
Article 8 Right to Remedy by Competent Tribunal
Article 9 Freedom from Arbitrary Arrest and Exile
Article 10 Right to Fair Public Hearing
Article 11 Right to be Considered Innocent until Proven Guilty
Article 12 Freedom from Interference with Privacy, Family, Home and Correspondence
Article 13 Right to Free Movement in and out of the Country
Article 14 Right to Asylum in other Countries from Persecution
Article 15 Right to a Nationality and the Freedom to Change It
Article 16 Right to Marriage and Family
Article 17 Right to Own Property
Article 18 Freedom of Belief and Religion
Article 19 Freedom of Opinion and Information
Article 20 Right of Peaceful Assembly and Association
Article 21 Right to Participate in Government and in Free Elections
Article 22 Right to Social Security
Article 23 Right to Desirable Work and to Join Trade Unions
Article 24 Right to Rest and Leisure
Article 25 Right to Adequate Living Standard
Article 26 Right to Education
Article 27 Right to Participate in the Cultural Life of Community
Article 28 Right to a Social Order that Articulates this Document
Article 29 Community Duties Essential to Free and Full Development
Article 30 Freedom from State or Personal Interference in the above Rights
Here is the UN authorized English/Creole Version
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.
Tout moun sou tè a fèt tou lib. Tout gen menm valè (nan je lasosyete), tout moun gen menm dwa devan Lalwa. Tout moun fèt ak yon bonsans, tout fèt ak yon konsyans epi youn fèt pou trete lòt tankou frè ak sè.
Article 2.
Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, 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.
Chak grenn moun sou tè a fèt pou kapab benefisye libète ak dwa ki pwoklame nan Deklarasyon sila a, san okenn diferans, tankou diferans ki baze sou ras, sou koulè po, sou si se fanm oswa si se gason. Pa fèt pou gen okenn diferans ki baze ni sou lang, ni sou relijyon, ni sou opinyon politik oswa lòt fason sèten moun panse; ni pa dwe gen diferans ki baze sou nasyonalite moun, klas sosyal yo, richès yo, nan ki kondisyon paran yo te fè yo; ni sou okenn lòt rezonman nan jan sa a.
Pa fèt pou gen okenn diferans non plis, ki gen rapò ni ak sitiasyon politik, ni ak kalite rapò relasyon diplomatik ki egziste ant peyi kote moun nan ye a ak peyi kote moun nan sòti a, kit se yon peyi oswa yon tèritwa endepandan, kit li anba drapo yon lòt peyi, ki li gran moun lakay li, oswa t a gen kèk règleman ki limite pouvwa peyi sila a pou li pran desizyon poukont li.
Article 3.
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.
Se dwa chak moun pou li chache mwayen pou konsève lavi li, konsève libète li epi pwoteje tèt li.
Article 4.
No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.
Pèsonn pa gen dwa fè okenn moun tounen esklav ni fòse okenn moun fè yon travay. Pa fèt pou gen ni esklavaj, ni komès esklav, kèlkeswa jan y ap fèt la.
Article 5.
No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Yo pa gen dwa bat okenn moun, ni fè li pase mizè, ni fè li sibi lòt kalite soufrans pou fè li pèdi kontwòl li oswa fè li sispann konsidere tèt li kom moun, fè li tounen zonbi.
Article 6.
Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.
Chak moun gen yon seri dwa Lalwa ba li. Dwa sila yo fèt pou respekte toupatou sou tè a.
Article 7.
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.
Tout moun egalego devan Lalwa. Lalwa fèt pou bay tout moun menm pwoteksyon, san distenksyon. Lalwa fèt pou pwoteje tout moun menm jan, kont tout prejije ke deklarasyon sa a pa dakò ak yo epi tout pwovokasyon ki ka kreye kalite prejije sa yo tou.
Article 8.
Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law.
Se dwa tout moun pou otorite lajistis nan peyi kote y ap viv la, ba yo bon jan konkou pou anpeche yo viktim move zak ki dozado ak dwa Konstitisyon oswa Lalwa peyi a ba yo eke Dwa sa yo pesonn pa sipoze wete nan men yo.
Article 9.
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.
Yo pa gen dwa rete konsa pou yo arete yon moun, ni pou yo fèmen li nan prizon ni pou yo ekzile li san kòz.
Article 10.
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 criminal charge against him.
Se dwa chak moun ki parèt devan lajistis, pou yo tande kòz li menm jan ak pa tout lòt moun. Kòz chak moun fèt pou jije klè, san paspouki, devan yon tribinal ki pa nan patipri. Se tribinal sa a ki pou fè jijman sou dwa ak responsablite moun nan. Se tribinal la tou ki pou deside si lalwa rekonèt te gen ase kòz pou yo mennen moun nan devan lajistis.
Article 11.
(1) Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence.
(2) No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offence, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the penal offence was committed.
1.Nenpòt ki moun yo ta akize pou move zak, yo dwe konsidere moun nan inosan, jiskaske Lalwa vini rekonèt li kòm koupab; oubyen apre yo fin tande kòz la nan yon tribinal piblik. Tribinal sa a dwe bay moun nan tout mwayen pou li defann tèt li.
2.Yo pa fèt pou kondane okenn moun poutèt li te aji yon fason ki pa bon si, lè moun nan t ap aji a pat ko gen okenn Lwa nan peyi a, ni okenn Lwa entènasyonal ki te ko deklare moun nan pa gen dwa aji fason sa a. Menm jan an tou, yo pa gen dwa bay okenn moun yon kondanasyon ki pi gwo pase sa Lalwa te fikse pou move zak la, lè moun nan t ap komèt li a.
Article 12.
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.
Pèsonn pa fèt pou fouye nan lavi prive okenn lòt moun, nan zafè fanmi li, ni nan sa k ap pase andedan lakay li. Pèsonn pa gen dwa fouye nan lèt yon lòt moun ekri oswa lèt li resevwa, ni fè anyen ki ka dezonore moun nan oswa fè li pèdi repitasyon li. Chak moun gen dwa pou Lalwa ba li pwoteksyon kont zak fouyapòt ak medizan-malpalan sa yo.
Article 13.
(1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state.
(2) Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.
1.Chak moun gen dwa pou li sikile lib epi pou li chwazi ki bò li vle abite nan peyi kote li'ap viv la.
2.Nenpòt ki moun fèt pou gen dwa pati kite nenpòt ki peyi, menm si se peyi pa li. Se dwa moun nan pou li retounen nan peyi li lè lide li di li.
Article 14.
(1) Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.
(2) This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from non-political crimes or from acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.
1.Lè gen pèsekisyon, tout moun gen dwa chache refij nan anbasad oswa teritwa yon lòt peyi. Se dwa tout moun pou yo benefisye pwoteksyon sa a.
2.Dwa sa a pa valab si y'ap pouswiv moun nan pou yon krim Lalwa kondane, oswa pou kèk ajisman ki pa ale nan menm sans ak entansyon epi ak prensip Nasyonzini yo.
Article 15.
(1) Everyone has the right to a nationality.
(2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality.
1.Se dwa chak kretyen-vivan pou li gen yon nasyonalite.
2.Pèsonn pa ka wete nasyonalite yon moun nan men li, ni retire dwa moun nan pou li chanje nasyonalite li.
Article 16.
(1) Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution.
(2) Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses.
(3) The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.
1.Depi yon gason ak yon fi majè, kèlkeswa ras yo nasyonalite yo oswa relijyon yo, yo gen dwa marye epi fonde yon fanmi. De moun sa yo toujou egalego tout tan yo ansanm epi menm lè y ap kite.
2.Maryaj la pa sa fèt san se pa ak lib konsantman 2 moun ki pral marye yo.
3.Maryaj se asosiyasyon ki pi konsekan nan je lasosyete. Li fèt pou benefisye pwoteksyon lasosyete ak leta.
Article 17.
(1) Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others.
(2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.
1.Se dwa chak moun pou li genyen yon byen, swa poukont li swa nan tèt ansanm ak lòt moun.
2.Pèsonn pa ka rete konsa pou li deside wete byen yon moun nan men li.
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.
Se dwa chak moun pou li gen fason panse pa li, konviksyon ak relijyon lide li di li. Ak dwa sa a, chak moun sipoze lib chanje relijyon jan li vle, ak konviksyon li tou. Chak moun sanse lib fè antrenman, fè pratik, fè sèvis ak seremoni pou manifeste relijyon oswa kwayans li. Li sanse lib fè tout bagay sa yo, swa poukont li swa nan yon gwoup, kit se devan tout piblik la, kit se yon kote apa.
Article 19.
Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.
Se dwa chak moun pou li gen fason panse pa li. Epi pou li gen dwa lapawòl. Sa vle di tou, dwa pou pesonn pa ba li pwoblèm poutèt jan li panse, epi li ka sèvi ak nenpòt kalite mwayen pou li mache chache, swa asepte, swa resevwa enfòmasyon epi simaye yo tribò-babò, ak tout kalite lide.
Article 20.
(1) Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.
(2) No one may be compelled to belong to an association.
1.Tout moun lib fè reyinyon epi pran pa nan asosiyasyon san zam.
2.Yo pa gen dvva oblije pèsonn vini manm okenn asosiyasyon .
Article 21.
(1) Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives.
(2) Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in his country.
(3) The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures.
1.Tout moun gen dwa patisipe nan direksyon zafè piblik peyi li. Gen 2 fason moun nan ka patisipe: swa li chache antre li menm-menm nan yon administrasyon Leta; swa li pran pa nan yon eleksyon lib, pou chwazi moun ki pou dirije onon li.
2.Tout moun gen dwa chache yon djòb epi jwenn nan Leta san parenn, ni piston.
3.Se sou volonte pèp tout pouvwa ak otorite piblik repoze. Volonte sa a fèt pou manifeste nan eleksyon onèt, ki ta dwe fèt nan yon dat fiks, kote chak sitwayen gen libète vote nan sans li vle. Volonte pèp la gen dwa manifeste tou nan nenpòt lòt demach ki sanble ak eleksyon, kote chak sitwayen lib fè chwa ki nan gou li
Article 22.
Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality.
Se dwa chak moun, kòm manm nan sosyete a, pou Leta ba li garanti sekirite sosyal, sa vle di, mwayen pou li satisfè tout bezwen ekonomik, sosyal ak kiltirèl ki endispansab pou li pa pèdi diyite li kòm moun epi pou devlope pèsonalite li alèz. Demach pou jwenn sekirite sosyal sa a gen dwa fèt avèk konkou ajans ki tabli nan yon peyi oswa avèk konkou kèk ajans entènasyonal, selon fòm òganizasyon ak resous chak peyi.
Article 23.
(1) Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.
(2) Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work.
(3) Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection.
(4) Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests.
1.Chak moun gen dwa travay, dwa pou li deside ki travay li vle fè o li pa vle fè. Se dwa li pou li travay nan bon kondisyon ki pa kont enterè li epi ki pwoteje li.
2.Se dwa tout moun ki fè menm kalite ak menm kantite travay, pou yo touche menm salè, san paspouki.
3.Se dwa chak moun k ap travay pou li touche salè ki koresponn ak travay li ap fè a. Li fèt pou touche dekwa pou li menm ak tout fanmi li ka mennen yon vi respektab. Chak fwa gen posiblite yo fèt pou ta ajoute tout lòt mwayen pwoteksyon sosyal ki genyen sou salè sa a.
4.Tout moun gen dwa fè kolonn ak lòt moun pou fonde sendika oswa antre nan sendika ki la deja pou defann enterè yo.
Article 24.
Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.
Tout moun gen dwa pran repo epi jwenn tan pou li anmize li. Se dwa moun nan pou li pa travay depase limit epi pou li gen peryòd konje peye si li se yon anplwaye.
Article 25.
(1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.
(2) Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.
1.Se dwa chak moun pou li gen ase mwayen pou li bay tèt li ak fanmi li tout kalite swen nesesè tankou manje, rad, lojman, swen medikal ak tout lòt sèvis sosyal ki nesesè. Se dwa chak moun pou li gen yon api pou ka maladi, donmaj, lanmò mari oswa lanmò madanm, vyeyès, nenpòt lòt ka oswa sikonstans kalamite ki ta vin fè moun nan pèdi mwayen li te genyen pou li viv.
2.Se dwa fi k ap akouche ak ti bebe nan kouchèt pou yo jwenn asistans ak pwoteksyon espesyal. Tout ti moun, pitit lejitim kou pitit deyò, fèt pou benefisye menm pwoteksyon an.
Article 26.
(1) Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.
(2) Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace.
(3) Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.
1.Se dwa tout moun pou y'al lekòl. Lekòl leta fèt pou gratis sitou lekòl elemantè ak lekòl fondamantal. Lekòl elemantè fèt pou obligatwa. Lekòl teknik ak lekòl pwofesyonèl fèt pou alapòte tout moun. Epi posiblite antre nan inivèsite ta dwe egziste pou tout moun, selon kapasite etid yo.
2.Edikasyon fèt pou vize devlopman pèsonalite moun epi ranfòse respè Dwa Moun ak libète ki endispansab yo. Li fèt pou fasilite antant, tolerans ak zanmitay fleri nan mitan tout peyi, tout kalite ras moun tout kalite relijyon. Edikasyon fèt pou ede Nasyonzini travay pou mentni lapè sou tè a.
3.Manman ak papa se premye moun ki gen dwa deside ki kalite edikasyon yo ta renmen pitit yo resevwa.
Article 27.
(1) Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.
(2) Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author.
1.Se dwa chak moun pou li deside pran pa nan aktivite kiltirèl kominote a, jwi nan sa atis ak atisan ka ofri. Se dwa li tou, pou li patisipe nan pwogrè lasyans, ap fè epi pou li benefisye tou nan avantaj aktivite sa yo pote.
2.Chak moun gen dwa defann enterè lalwa rekonèt li genyen ak lòt avantaj vizib ki sòti nan nenpòt ki aktivite lasyans osinon travay atis ak intelektyèl k ap ekri liv.
Article 28.
Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized.
Se dwa chak moun pou li fè presyon sou lasosyete, ni nan peyi li, ni nan lòt peyi, pou lasosyete ranje zafè yo yon fason, dekwa pou dwa ak libète y ap pale non Deklarasyon Dwa Moun sa a, ka reyalize tout bon vre.
Article 29.
(1) Everyone has duties to the community in which alone the free and full development of his personality is possible.
(2) In the exercise of his rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to such limitations as are determined by law solely for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others and of meeting the just requirements of morality, public order and the general welfare in a democratic society.
(3) These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.
1.Chak kretyen-vivan gen yon seri obligasyon anvè kominote kote li ap viv la. Paske kominote a se sèl kote li kapab alèz pou li devlope pèsonalite li tout bon vre.
2.Lè yon moun ap egzèse dwa ak libète li, li pa fèt pou gen lòt limit ke sa Lalwa fikse, pou anpeche moun nan pilonnen dwa lòt moun epi pou fè li obeyi tout prensip ki la pou fè respekte Lalwa, respekte lòd piblik epi respekte byennèz lòt moun nan yon sosyete kote yo pratike demokrasi.
3.Kelkeswa sikonstans ki ta prezante, dwa ak libète sa yo pa ka sèvi pou fè anyen ki an dezakò ak vizyon epi ak prensip Nasyonzini yo.
Article 30.
Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein.
Pa gen youn nan dispozisyon ki nan Deklarasyon sa a, yo ka bay yon sans ki pou ta otorize yon nasyon, yon gwoup moun, oswa yon endividi mennen yon aktivite oswa komèt yon zak k ap chache detwi dwa ak libète ki nan Deklarasyon sila a.