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"The power of the Universal Declaration is the power of ideas to change the world. It inspires us to continue working to ensure that all people can gain freedom, equality and dignity."

The Declaration is a life guide encompassing 30 articles that address rights and benefits, which have been realized by many yet outside the reach of others. These include access to education, employment, fair pay, voting rights, healthcare and more; the values of free speech, privacy, and mutual respect irrespective of gender, race, ethnicity, or religion are evinced by the Declaration.

Human Rights 75 is an initiative whose three main goals focus on universality, progress and engagement under the leadership of UN Human Rights, together with its partners. The initiative culminates in a high-level event in December 2023 that will announce global pledges and ideas for a vision for the future of human rights.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights in your language

Join the journeys to commemorate and strengthen a movement for a better world:

Human Rights 75 – promoting universality honours diversity, strengths, and achievements of the many communities striving to address today’s global challenges. It reminds us that human rights are non-negotiable and we reclaim it as a foundation on which to find solutions to our common challenges.

Human Rights 75 – forging the future seeks to harness the potential of latest breakthroughs through all means, including technology, and anticipate the challenges that will benefit from their application.

Human Rights 75 – supporting engagement will work with Member States and all the relevant actors to build a positive force for change with trust in the human rights architecture, faith in its promise, and resources to apply the tools that are necessary to ensure rights are upheld.

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Universal Declaration of Human Rights in your language:

Translated into hundreds of languages and dialects from Abkhaz to Zulu, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) set a world record in 1999 for being the most translated document in the world.

At present, there are 555 different translations available on the UN Human Rights website, in HTML and/or PDF format.

Below are direct links to languages spoken in countries covered by the United Nations in Western Europe. For a full global list, you can search for translations, here.

Andorra

Catalan, Portuguese, Portuguese Sign Language, Spanish, Spanish Sign Language, French

Belgium

French, Dutch, German, Frisian, Walloon, Luxembourgish, Picard

Cyprus

Greek, Turkish, Armenian

Denmark

Danish, Greenlandic, Faroese, Icelandic, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian (Bokmål), German

Finland

Finnish, Swedish, Sami, Estonia, Karelien

France

French, Breton, Prouvençau, Corsican, Occitan Languedocien, Occitan Auvergnat, Welche, Elsassisch, Kurdish, Tahitian, Scottish Gaelic, Baoulé, Malay, Romani, Picard, Xhosa , Northern Sotho, Francoprovençal-Savoie, Francoprovençal-Fribourg, Francoprovençal-Valais, Ligurian, Francoprovençal-Vaud, Igbo, Haoussa, Bambara, Yoruba, Luxembourgish, Catalan, Italian, Portuguese

Germany

German, Low German, Sorbian, Danish, Luxembourgish, Kabardian, Polish, Ido

Greece

Greek, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Turkish, Vlach

Iceland

Ireland

Irish, English, Scots

Italy

Italian, Latin, Friulian, Sardinian, Ladin, Rhaeto-Romance, Corsican, Sammarinese, Ligurian, Francoprovençal-Vaud, Prouvençau, Francoprovençal-Savoie, Francoprovençal-Fribourg, Francoprovençal-Valais, Occitan Auvergnat, Catalan, Occitan Languedocien, Slovenian, Venetian, Greek, German, French

Luxembourg

Luxembourgish, German, French

Malta

Maltese, English

Monaco

French, Italian, Ligurian, Prouvençau, Occitan Languedocien, Occitan Auvergnat

Netherlands

Dutch, Sign Language of the Netherlands, Frisian, Interlingua, Esperanto

Norway

Norwegian, Norwegian (Bokmål), Kven, Sami

Portugal

Portuguese, Portuguese Sign Language, Forro, Crioulo, Mirandés (NEW 2023), Makua, Changane, Fiote, Crioulo da Guiné-Bissau, Mozarabic, Galician, Asturian

San Marino

Sammarinese, Italian

Spain

Spanish, Spanish Sign Language, Catalan, Basque, Valencian (NEW 2023), Galician, Asturian, Ladino

Sweden

Swedish, Finnish, Sami, Latvian

United Kingdom

English, British Sign Language, Scottish Gaelic, Scots, Irish Gaelic, Welsh, Manx

Holy See

Modified date: 05/06/2023

NEW: Universal Declaration Translations in our Region

Valencian (PDF)
The Valencian language is the traditional and historical name in the Valencian Community (Comunitat Valenciana) and el Carche, Murcia, for this official regional language.

Mirandés
The Mirandese language is an Astur-Leonese language or language variety that is sparsely spoken in a small area of northeastern Portugal in Terra de Miranda (made up of the municipalities of Miranda do Douro, Mogadouro and Vimioso).

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