Teacher’s resource sheet

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This list contains the rights from the “List of human rights”, showing the relevant articles from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), the International Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the revised European Social Charter (ESC). This overview has been made for educational purposes.

	UDHR	ECHR	ESC	ICCPR	ISESCR
1. Right to life	3	2		6
2. Freedom from torture	5	3	26	7, 10
3. Freedom from slavery	4	4		8
4. Right to liberty and security	3	5		9
5. Right to a fair trial	10, 11	6, 7		14, 15
6. Right to an effective remedy in case of violations	8	13	D	2, 9
7. Freedom from discrimination; right to equality	2, 7	14	4, 15, 20, 27, E	3, 26	3
8. Right to be recognised as a person; right to nationality	6, 15			16, 24
9. Right to privacy and family life	12	8		17
10. Right to marry	16	12		23
11. Right to own property	17				15
12. Right to movement of persons	13		18	12
13. Right to asylum	14			18
14. Freedom of thought, conscience and religion	18	9		18
15. Freedom of expression	19	10	28	19	8
16. Freedom of assembly and association	20	11	5, 28	21, 22	8
17. Right to food, drink and housing	25		30, 31		11
18. Right to health care	25		11		7, 12
19. Right to education	26		10		13, 14
20. Right to employment	23		1, 2, 3, 4, 24		6, 7
21. Right to rest and leisure	24		2		7
22. Right to social protection	22, 25		7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 23, 25		9, 10
23. Right to political participation	21		22	25
24. Right to take part in cultural life	27			27	15
25. Prohibition of destruction of human rights	30	17		5, 20	5
26. Right to a social order that recognises human rights	28			2	2
27. Duties of the individual	29

Note: Some articles of the ESC are referred to by numbers, some with capital letters.

Student handout 5.5: Human rights quiz (training cards)

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