UN Declaration of Human Rights: Article 7
November 4th, 2008All 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.
This seems to parellel Article 6. Surely all are equal before the law?
Well as we know that is not the case. Or to paraphrase Orwell, “all humans are equal, but some are more equal than others”.
Men and women for example are treated unequally in many jurisdictions. Sometimes it makes me wonder how they drafted this thing with a straight face. Did they actually believe it? Answers on a postcard please.
Tags: equality, gender, human rights, law, repression, un declaration of human rights, united nations
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