DVM 2110 Chapter Notes -Equal Protection Clause

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: International Development and Globalization
• Course: DVM 2110
• Professor: Sonia Gulati

Document Summary

Un the universal declaration of human rights : 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. 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. Article 3: everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person, no one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms. Article 5: no one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Article 6: everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.