Universal+Declaration+of+Human+Rights

=The Universal Declaration:=

**1. What are "Universal Human Rights"?** The Universal Human Rights were Rights that promoted equality to all people. It is all the rights that every person has or every person is ever supposed to have in life. It makes up every posible right. **2. Which Rights do you beleieve to be the most important? Why?**
 * All humans are born free and equal in dignity and rights no matter their sex, religion, race, etc.
 * Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
 * Everyone has the right to free education.

I believe these rights are the most important especially to life. Equality is a necessary to freedom. No one is ever free if he/she is subordinate to another human being. That is insultful, and they would be lower in an evolutionary hierarchy which means they are as free as they are animals. Everyone has a right to voice their opinions as well, and without opinions, the world would extremely one-dimensional and restricted. If there cant be rallies, assemblies, and groups to act and voice their opinions in their interests, the world would be different. The last rule is by far one of the most important. Education is key to the advancment of people, societies, civilizations, and the world. People have to right to know what is going on. To live in ignorance, is like living in the stone age, and that is not a fun aspect.

**3. Which Rights surprised you? Why?** The biggest right that surprised me is article 30. Article 30 states that no-one or no nation has the right to violate any of these laws. In this case, that law needs to be enforced or revised. There are many nations, and many cases in which people have violated these important laws. The laws are set to be followed, but many nations have broken it. The United States used to have segregation all over its borders. Other nations have had segregation due to religion, persecution of freedom, and no say and voice. For example, the tyrannical reign by Ghaddafi in Libya. Every other right is well-written and relatively unsurprising. **4. Can you think of examples in the world today where these rights are being violated?** Many nations today have violated these laws. Especially the nations in the Arab spring, such as Libya, Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, Yemen, and etc. that are revolting against their corrupt government. All of these laws tie in with the ideas of the famous philosopher John Locke. He said that the people are obligated to stand up to a government if it violates their natural rights, and no longer provides the interests of the people. People in those Arab nations were not free, not equal, and didn't have a say in voicing thier opinions. All of these rights are under the "Universal Human Rights."

Other nations that are in violation of the rights are nations such as Sudan, who recently just ended a civil war struggle. It ended up splitting the nation into two regions. (Sudan, and South Sudan). Every nation can be blamed for the violation of human rights, and no nation is particularly innocent.