Sunday 17 January 2010

Human rights, moral responsibility.

Article 1 of the human rights doctrine:

"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."

Article 3.

"Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person."

Article 5.

"No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment."

Article 25.

"Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control."
Souce from: http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/


Gemma has set up a justgiving account where you can donate towards the disasters emergency committee, a charity which 'unites the leading independent Humanitarian Agencies in the UK in their efforts to maximise income from the British Public to mount an effective humanitarian response to major disasters overseas.'

To donate please visit http://www.justgiving.com/youtubersforhaiti - you can donate through your debit/credit card or through paypal.

Cat
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3 comments:

Jordy said...

Hey, i gave you an award on my blog :)
http://jordysbeautyspot.blogspot.com/2010/01/award-your-blog-is-over-top.html
Keep up the good work!!

Unknown said...

Great blog entry! you are so kind!
Xoxo

Cat said...

@ Jordy - thank you m'dear, will try and blog about it as soon as I can :-)

@ Catanya - thank gemsmaquillage for setting it up, she's raised over £1000! :-)

xxx