Civil Rights

Rowan Cruft

The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1966) includes the following: The right to life The right not to be tortured or subjected to cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment The right not to be held in slavery or servitude The right to liberty and security from arbitrary arrest The right for accused persons to be kept separately from convicted criminals The right not to be imprisoned solely for inability to fulfill a contract The right to freedom of movement and residence The right to due process when accused of a crime, including the right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty The right against retrospective legislation The right to privacy The right of freedom of thought, conscience, and religion The right to hold opinions and express them freely The right of peaceful assembly The right of freedom of association, ...

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