What Are Human Rights ?

In this age of entitlement, narcissism is spreading like an epidemic. People with narcissistic traits are the ones who feel overly entitled to treatment and rights that they actually don't have. However, still, there is a category of people who are not even aware of their basic human rights and are entertaining these overly entitled narcissists at the cost of their own peace of mind, health, and quality of life by unknowingly or knowingly scarifying their own basic human rights.

Don't you ever wonder why is there so much difference in the entitlement level of these two types of people? Well, the reason behind this is the significant difference in the childhood experience, belief system, mental health, parenting type, and cultural influence in these two types of people.

Adults raised in Dysfunctional Families are highly susceptible to this type of codependent behavior in which they keep other people warm by burning themselves all their life while parallelly self-doubting and feeling guilty for not being good enough.

A married woman with 3 kids aged 14,7 and 3 told me that at age 36 she read somewhere that we have the right to say "no" to someone who touches our body without our consent. That was the first time she learned about her right to "consent" and it turned into a life-changing moment of enlightenment for her. After that, she started reading and practicing more and more about self-love. I see so many people around me, especially women who are still not aware of their basic human rights and are living a miserable life full of pain, guilt, confusion, and frustration. I decided to write this blog for anyone suffering from a lack of boundaries especially adult children of Dysfunctional Families and partners of Narcissistic Spouses.

Here is a list of the Universal Declaration of 30 Basic Human Rights that we all are entitled to:-

Article 1.

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 2.

Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms outlined in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, color, sex, language, religion, political or another opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or another status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made based on the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independence, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.

Article 3.

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

Article 4.

No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.

Article 5.

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

Article 6.

Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.

Article 7.

All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination.

Article 8.

Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law.

Article 9.

No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.

Article 10.

Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him.

Article 11.

Everyone charged with a penal offense has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to the law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defense.
No one shall be held guilty of any penal offense on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offense, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one applicable when the penal offense was committed.

Article 12.

No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home, or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honor and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.

Article 13.

Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state.
Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.

Article 14.

Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.
This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from non-political crimes or from acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.

Article 15.

Everyone has the right to a nationality.
No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality.

Article 16.

Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality, or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during the marriage, and at its dissolution.
Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses.
The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.

Article 17.

Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others.
No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.

Article 18.

Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship, and observance.

Article 19.

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.

Article 20.

Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.
No one may be compelled to belong to an association.

Article 21.

Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives.
Everyone has the right to equal access to public service in his country.
The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures.

Article 22.

Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international co-operation and by the organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social, and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality.

Article 23.

Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favorable conditions of work, and to protection against unemployment.
Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work.
Everyone who works has the right to just and favorable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection.
Everyone has the right to form and join trade unions to protect his interests. Article 24.  Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.

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.
Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.

Article 26.

Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all based on merit.
Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance, and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace.
Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.

Article 27.

Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts, and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.
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. Article 28.  Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms outlined in this Declaration can be fully realized.

Article 29.

Everyone has duties to the community in which alone the free and full development of his personality is possible.
In the exercise of his rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to such limitations as are determined by law solely to secure due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others and of meeting the just requirements of morality, public order, and the general welfare in a democratic society.
These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.

Article 30.

Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group, or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein.

5 Instructions and Procedures for Filing a Human Rights Violation

Following the instructions below for writing sworn affidavits:-

Provide any video graphic and photographic evidence. All other evidence should be carefully safeguarded to prevent cross-contamination. This will include, but is not limited to, copies of all law enforcement reports, reports from insurance companies, private investigators, Medical Doctors Reports and any other reports or documents from official sources.
Provide all with a list of the people, in order, who handled the affidavits and all other evidence. This is very important to maintain a chain of custody.
When using legal terms, use Bouvier’s Law Dictionary. Do Not use Black’s Law Dictionary as some of the definitions have been changed from edition to edition.
Submit all of the above to the Tribunal.

Instructions: Writing An Acceptable Affidavit:-

The title of the affidavit should be either Affidavit Of Truth or Affidavit of Fact
The header should read: Comes now, (Full Name of Affiant), (hereinafter “Affiant”) being competent to testify and being over the age of 21 years, after first being duly sworn according to law, to tell the truth to the facts related herein states that Affiant has firsthand knowledge of the facts stated herein and believes these facts to be true to the best of Affiants knowledge and belief.
From here on I, me, my, we, they, them, etc. should not be used at all, instead, you will use names of witnesses, those involved, and Affiant.
Make the body of the affidavit convey fact and not opinion, since opinion cannot be used as evidence only conjecture.
Refrain from making any accusations against anyone involved unless the accusations are criminal.
Use as much detail as you can to present your case, the more detail that you can provide will produce a much better picture to those who read it.
End with: The affiant further sayeth naught (Autograph of Affiant)

Reference: Human Rights Tribunal International

Resource Website: http://humanrightstribunal.international/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/The-Universal-Declaration-of-Human-Rights-and-instructions.pdf

Knowing and remembering your basic human rights can help you be more assertive while dealing with general people, manipulative people, and especially narcissists and you can have healthy relationships, great mental health, and great quality of overall life.

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