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Know Your Rights
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You are entitled to all
human rights and freedoms without distinction of any kind such as your
race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion,
national or social origin, property, birth or class.
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You may not be arrested
or held arbitrarily. You have the right to challenge your detention in a
court of law; if charged with a crime, you have the right to a fair
trial
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You have the right to
seek asylum from persecution in another country, including if you are at
risk of gender-based abuses
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You have the right not
to be subjected to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or
punishment; all acts of torture are criminal offences and should be
punished
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You have the right to
join and form trade unions
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You have the right to
work in safe conditions
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You have the right to
protection by the state from all forms of violence, including from
within the family
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You are entitled as a
refugee or internally displaced person to protection from torture
(including rape), ill-treatment and other threats to your physical
safety and integrity
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What can YOU do?
Follow the track of women in their
struggle for their rights...
- support the work of women's groups in your
community who are involved in protecting women's human rights
- report to the authorities any human rights
abuses of women and girls
- help raise awareness about women's human
rights in your family and community
- set up support groups to protect and promote
women=s rights in your community
- find out what your government has committed
itself to at the UN on human rights; support the work of organizations
demanding government accountability in fulfilling these commitments
For more information on women's rights, contact:
International Women's Tribune Centre (IWTC)
777 UN Plaza New York, NY 10017, USA
Tel: (1) 212-687-8633 e-mail: iwtc@igc.apc.org
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