Article 29 – Basic obligations and restrictions

1. "Everyone has duties towards the community in which alone the free and full development of his personality is possible."

2. "In the exercise of his rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to such limitations as are prescribed by law solely for the purpose of securing 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."

3. "Rights and freedoms shall in no case be exercised in a manner contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations."

Explanation of Article 29

This provision is intended to remind us that there are not only human rights, but that everyone also has duties towards their fellow human beings. The exercise of human rights is limited insofar as it may not interfere with the rights and freedoms of other people. This would constitute an abuse of the idea of human rights. The provision also generally states that the human rights of the Universal Declaration are not absolute. States may interfere with these rights if a law authorizes them to do so and if the public interest prevails over private interests.

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