RIGHTS & FREEDOMS
Equality in Dignity & Rights
Right to life, liberty &
security
**Pretty vs. UK**
Right against slavery
Rights against torture
UDHR CONSTITUTION
ART. 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.
ART. 2
Everyone is entitled to all the
rights and freedoms set forth
in this Declaration, without
distinction of any kind, such
as race, colour, sex,
language, religion, political or
other opinion, national or
social origin, property, birth
or other status. Furthermore,
no distinction shall be made
on the basis of the political,
jurisdictional or international
status of the country or
territory to which a person
belongs, whether it be
independent, trust, non-self-
governing or under any other
limitation of sovereignty.
ART. 3 ART. 3 SEC. 1
Everyone has the right to life, No person shall be deprived
liberty and security of of life, liberty or property
person. without due process of law,
nor shall any person be
denied of the equal
protection of the law.
ART. 4 RA 9208
No one shall be held in
slavery or servitude; slavery Anti-Trafficking in Persons
and the slave trade shall be Act of 2003
prohibited in all their forms.
ART. 5 ART. 3 SEC. 12(2)

Right to equal protection
Right to effective judicial
remedy
Right to be presumed
innocent
No one shall be subjected to
torture or to cruel, inhuman
or degrading treatment or
punishment.
ART. 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.
ART. 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.
ART. 11
(1) Everyone charged with a
penal offence has the right to
be presumed innocent until
proved guilty according to
law in a public trial at which
he has had all the guarantees
necessary for his defense.
No torture, force, violence,
threat, intimidation, or any
other means which vitiate
the free will shall be used
against him. Secret detention
places, solitary,
incommunicado, or other
similar forms of detention
are prohibited.
RA 9745
Anti-Torture act of 2009
ART. 3 SEC. 11
Free access to the courts and
quasi-judicial bodies and
adequate legal assistance
shall not be denied to any
person by reason of poverty.
ART. 3 SEC. 14 (2)
In all criminal prosecutions,
the accused shall be
presumed innocent until the
contrary is proved, and shall
enjoy the right to be heard
by himself and counsel, to be
informed of the nature and
cause of the accusation
against him, to have a
Right against ex post facto
law and bill of attainder
Right to privacy
(2) No one shall be held
guilty of any penal offence on
account of any act or
omission which did not
constitute a penal offence,
under national or
international law, at the time
when it was committed. Nor
shall a heavier penalty be
imposed than the one that
was applicable at the time
the penal offence was
committed.
ART. 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.
speedy, impartial, and public
trial, to meet the witnesses
face to face, and to have
compulsory process to secure
the attendance of witnesses
and the production of
evidence in his behalf.
However, after arraignment,
trial may proceed
notwithstanding the absence
of the accused provided that
he has been duly notified and
his failure to appear is
unjustifiable.
ART. 3 SEC. 2, 3
The right of the people to be
secure in their persons,
houses, papers, and effects
against unreasonable
searches and seizures of
whatever nature and for any
purpose shall be inviolable,
and no search warrant or
warrant of arrest shall issue
except upon probable cause
to be determined personally
by the judge after
examination under oath or
affirmation of the
complainant and the
witnesses he may produce,
and particularly describing
the place to be searched and
the persons or things to be
seized.
The privacy of
communication and
correspondence shall be
inviolable except upon lawful
order of the court, or when
public safety or order
requires otherwise, as
prescribed by law.
Freedom of movement ART. 13 ART. 3 SEC. 6
(1) Everyone has the right to The liberty of abode and of
freedom of movement and changing the same within the
residence within the borders limits prescribed by law shall
of each state. not be impaired except upon
(2) Everyone has the right to lawful order of the court.
leave any country, including Neither shall the right to
his own, and to return to his travel be impaired except in
country. the interest of national
security, public safety, or
public health, as may be
provided by law.
Right to seek asylum ART. 14
1) Everyone has the right to
seek and to enjoy in other
countries asylum from
persecution.
(2) 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.
Right to nationality ART. 15 ART. 4 SEC. 1
(1) Everyone has the right to The following are citizens of
a nationality. the Philippines:
(2) No one shall be arbitrarily
deprived of his nationality [1] Those who are citizens of
nor denied the right to the Philippines at the time of
change his nationality. the adoption of this
Constitution;

[2] Those whose fathers or

mothers are citizens of the
Philippines;

[3] Those born before

January 17, 1973, of Filipino
mothers, who elect
Philippine citizenship upon
reaching the age of majority;
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Right to marry and found a ART. 16
family (1) 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
marriage and at its
dissolution.
(2) Marriage shall be entered
into only with the free and
full consent of the intending
spouses.
(3) The family is the natural
and fundamental group unit
of society and is entitled to
protection by society and the
State.
Right to property ART. 17
(1) Everyone has the right to
own property alone as well
as in association with others.
(2) No one shall be arbitrarily
deprived of his property.
Freedom of thought, ART. 18
conscience and religion Everyone has the right to
freedom of thought,
conscience and religion; this
right includes freedom to
Freedom to practice or change his religion or belief,
manifest religious beliefs 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.
Freedom of expression ART. 19
[4] Those who are
naturalized in accordance
with law.
ART. 15 SEC. 1, 2
The State recognizes the
Filipino family as the
foundation of the nation.
Accordingly, it shall
strengthen its solidarity and
actively promote its total
development.
Section 2. Marriage, as an
inviolable social institution, is
the foundation of the family
and shall be protected by the
State.
ART. 3 SEC. 9
Private property shall not be
taken for public use without
just compensation.
ART. 3 SEC. 5
No law shall be made
respecting an establishment
of religion, or prohibiting the
free exercise thereof. The
free exercise and enjoyment
of religious profession and
worship, without
discrimination or preference,
shall forever be allowed. No
religious test shall be
required for the exercise of
civil or political rights.
ART. 3 SEC. 4
 Everyone has the right to No law shall be passed
freedom of opinion and abridging the freedom of
expression; this right includes speech, of expression, or of
freedom to hold opinions the press, or the right of the
without interference and to people peaceably to
seek, receive and impart assemble and petition the
information and ideas government for redress of
through any media and grievances.
regardless of frontiers.
Freedom of assembly and ART. 20 ART. 3 SEC. 4, 8
association (1) Everyone has the right to (8) The right of the people,
freedom of peaceful including those employed in
assembly and association. the public and private
(2) No one may be compelled sectors, to form unions,
to belong to an association. associations, or societies for
purposes not contrary to law
shall not be abridged.
Right to take part in ART. 21 (1)
government (1) Everyone has the right to
take part in the government
of his country, directly or
through freely chosen
representatives.
(2) Everyone has the right of
equal access to public service
in his country.
(3) 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.
Right to social security ART. 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 in accordance
with 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.
Right to work ART. 23 (1), (2) ART. 13 (1)
(1) Everyone has the right to The State shall afford full
work, to free choice of protection to labor, local and
employment, to just and overseas, organized and
favorable conditions of work unorganized, and promote
and to protection against full employment and equality
unemployment. of employment opportunities
(2) Everyone, without any for all.
discrimination, has the right
to equal pay for equal work.
(3) 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.
(4) Everyone has the right to
form and to join trade unions
for the protection of his
interests.
Right to rest and leisure ART. 24
Everyone has the right to rest
and leisure, including
reasonable limitation of
working hours and periodic
holidays with pay.
Right to adequate standard ART. 25 (1)
of living (1) 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

Right to education
Right to enjoy economic,
social and cultural life
Right to self determination
Right to health
the event of unemployment,
sickness, disability,
widowhood, old age or other
lack of livelihood in
circumstances beyond his
control.
(2) 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.
ART. 26 ART. 14 SEC. 1
(1) Everyone has the right to The State shall protect and
education. Education shall be promote the right of all
free, at least in the citizens to quality education
elementary and fundamental at all levels, and shall take
stages. Elementary education appropriate steps to make
shall be compulsory. such education accessible to
Technical and professional all.
education shall be made
generally available and
higher education shall be
equally accessible to all on
the basis of merit.
ART. 27 ART. 14 SEC. 14
(1) Everyone has the right The State shall foster the
freely to participate in the preservation, enrichment,
cultural life of the and dynamic evolution of a
community, to enjoy the arts Filipino national culture
and to share in scientific based on the principle of
advancement and its unity in diversity in a climate
benefits. of free artistic and
(2) Everyone has the right to intellectual expression.
the protection of the moral
and material interests
resulting from any scientific,
literary or artistic production
of which he is the author.
ART. 1
ART. 25