Food for already recognized thoughts
------------------------------------
THE 16 GROUPS OF HUMAN RIGHTS as recognized in the articles of the
two International Covenants of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
(ICESCR) and on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR):
ECONOMIC RIGHTS
1. The right to feed oneself
The right to be free from hunger
The right to an adequate standard of living, including ade-
Quate food, clothing and housing
The right to work
2. Labor rights
The right to just and favorable working conditions
The right to form and join trade unions
The right to strike
SOCIAL RIGHTS
3. The right to social security
4. The rights of families, mothers and children
Protection of the family
Freedom of marriage
Rights of the child
5. The right to physical and mental health
CULTURAL RIGHTS
6. The right to education
The right to compulsory primary education
7. The right to take part in cultural life and the right to free sci-
entific progress
8. The rights of minorities
CIVIL RIGHTS
9. The right of recognition and equality before the law
10. The rights of prisoners
Concerning capital punishment, right to life, prohibition of
torture, slavery, and arbitrary arrest, basic principles of
the penal system
11. The right to a fair trial
Equality before a court, assumption of innocence, prohibition
Of ex-post-facto laws and of imprisonment for debt
12. The right to liberty of movement
Protection of foreigners in case of expulsion
13. The right to freedom of opinion
Protection of the individual's sphere of freedom,
Freedom of thought, conscience and religion,
Right to free speech
Prohibition of war and discrimination propaganda
POLITICAL RIGHTS
14. Freedom of peaceful assembly
15. Freedom of association
16. The right to participation in political life
Claudio Schuftan
Hanoi, Vietnam
mailto:aviva@netnam.vn
--
Send mail for the `AFRO-NETS' conference to `afro-nets@usa.healthnet.org'.
Mail administrative requests to `majordomo@usa.healthnet.org'.
For additional assistance, send mail to: `owner-afro-nets@usa.healthnet.org'.