41 Rights & Freedoms Coloradoan-Amerikans Do Not Have (Compared to the UDHR)

"Half a loaf is better than no bread. If we cannot secure all our rights, let us secure what we can." ~Thomas Jefferson on the Bill of Rights

Some Rights & Freedoms for the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights are carbon copies of Rights & Freedoms all Coloradoan-Americans have, such as these 3:

1- Freedom From Discrimination (Article 2).

2- Right to Own Property (Article 17).

3- Freedom of Religion (Article 18).

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Some Rights & Freedoms Coloradoan-Amerikans already have are extended w/ the Preamble & 30 articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, such as: 

1- The extended Judicial Branch Rights we humans have for a "fair & public hearing" by an "independent & impartial tribunal", n the determination of "his rights & obligations & of any criminal charge against him", or her (Article 10). 

2- Our Freedom of Speech has been extended to be Freedom of Opinion & Expression, & we can express our Freedom of Speech thru "any media & regardless of frontiers" (Article 19).

3- In the Preamble, "Belief" is added to Freedom of Speech "& Belief". 

4- Right to "Associate" is added to the Right to Peacefully Assemble "& Associate" (Article 20).

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Most Rights & Freedoms in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, written mostly by Eleanor Roosevelt, aren't specifically codified & protected Rights & Freedoms for Coloradoan-Americans, such as these 43: 

1- A Right to Privacy (Article 12).

2- The Right to Work, "to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment." (Article 23).

3- Freedom of Movement (Article 13).

4- Right to Popular Elections (i.e. Right to Democracy). The basis of the authority of government is "the will of the people" expressed by "periodic & genuine elections" w/ universal suffrage, & a secret vote amongst equals (Article 21). 

5- The Right to Unionize (Article 23, Section 4).

6- The Right to Food (Article 25). 

7- Right to Education (Article 26). 

8- Right to Clothing (Article 25). 

9- Right to Housing (Article 25). 

10- Right to Medical Care (Article 25). 

11- Right to Security (Article 25). 

12- Freedom from Torture (Article 5)

13- Freedom from Arbitrary Arrest (Article 9)

14- Right to Choose The Education Right For Our Own Children (Article 26, Section 3) 

15- Right to Share in Scientific Advancement & its Benefits (Article 27).

16- Freedom to Use Our Judicial Branches For Protection of Our Rights & Freedoms, & to have "competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by law" (Article 8).

[The Preamble Adds Freedoms That Aren't Listed In the 30 Articles, such as: 

17- Freedom from Want (Preamble). 

18- Freedom from Fear (Preamble).

19- Right to a Social & International Order to protect Human Rights (Article 28 of the UDHR).

20- Right to the Rule of Law (Preamble).

21- Right to Have Our Human Rights Protected (Preamble).]

22- Freedom from Arbitrary Detention (Article 9) 

23- Freedom from Arbitrary Exile (Article 9)

24- Right to Seek & Enjoy Asylum (Article 14).

25- "Right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty" (Article 11).

26- Freedom from Retroactive Action for New Laws (Article 11).

27- Right to Leave One's Country, & return (Article 13).

28- Right to Nationality (Art. 15).

29- Right to Marry, & Find One's Own Family (Article 16).

30- Freedom of Thought (Article 18). 

31- Freedom of Conscience (Article 18).

32- Right to Dignity (Article 1).

33- Right to Vote for One's own Representatives (in Representative Democracies) (Article 21).

34- Right of "Equal Access to Public Service In One's Country" (Article 21). 

35- The Right to Rest & Leisure, "including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay" (Article 24).

36- Right to "Social Security" (Article 22).

37- Right to an Adequate Standard of Living, for Oneself, & One's Family (Article 25). 

38- Right to Security "in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control." (Article 25). 

39- Right to Participate in the Cultural Life of the Community (Article 27).

40- Right to Enjoy the Arts (Article 27).

41- Right to Intellectual Property (Article 27).

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