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“Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.”
― United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights

“All human beings are born with equal and inalienable rights and fundamental freedoms. The United Nations is committed to upholding, promoting and protecting the human rights of every individual. This commitment stems from the United Nations Charter, which reaffirms the faith of the peoples of the world in fundamental human rights and in the dignity and worth of the human person. In the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the United Nations has stated in clear and simple terms the rights which belong equally to every person. These rights belong to you. They are your rights. Familiarize yourself with them. Help to promote and defend them for yourself as well as for your fellow human beings.”
― United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights

“Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author.”
― United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights

“Article 5 No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.”
― United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights

“[T]he full and complete development of a country, the welfare of the world and the cause of peace require the maximum participation of women on equal terms with men in all fields."

[Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979)]”
― United Nations

“We the peoples of the United Nations determined”
― United Nations, Charter of the United Nations and Statute of the International Court of Justice

“17 per cent jump in gender-based violence cases, with urban areas witnessing a particular spike.”
― United Nations