Genocide of Pygmies in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Genocide of the Pygmy Population in

the Democratic Republic of the Congo

U.N.'s Universal Declaration of Human

rights articles that have been violated

1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 7; 12; 15 sec1;

20 sec 2; 21 sec

1, 2, and 3; 22; 23 sec 1,

2, 3 and 4; 25, 26 sec 1; 28; 29 sec 2; 30

Article 1

"...born free and equal..."

"...spirit of brotherhood."

Article 2

"...entitled to all rights... without distinction of any kind,..."

Article 3

"...life, liberty and security of person."

Article 4

Noone shall be held in slavery or servitude

Article 5

"...torture,...cruel, inhuman... degrading treatment..."

Article 6

..."right to recognition everywhere..."

Article 7

"...equal before the law..."

"...equal protection of the law."

"...protection against any discrimination..."

Article 9

"...exile..."

Article 12

..."arbitrary interference with... privacy, family, home..."

Article 15 Section 1

"...right to a nationality."

Article 17 Section 1

"...right to own property..."

Article 20 Section 2

"Noone may be compelled to belong to an association."

Article 21

"...take part in government..."

"...equal access to public service..."

"...will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of the govenment."

"...equivalent voting procedures."

Article 22

"...right to social security and ...realization...of...rights"

Article 23

"...right to work,...free choice of employment, to just and favorable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment."

"...equal pay for equal work."

"...right... to an existance worthy of human dignity..."

"...form and join trade unions..."

Article 25

"...standard of living adequate for... health..."

"Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance."

Article 26 Section 1

"Education shall be free... in the elementary...stages."

Article 28

"...social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this declaration can be fully realized."

Article 29 Section 2

"...subject only to such limitations... for the purpose of securing... the rights and freedoms of others..."

Article 30

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

Background

Rwandan Genocide

Congolese Civil War

Magical Powers of Pygmies

Solutions

Office National des Droits de l'Homme (2004)

New DRC Constitution

References

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Faridi, Rashid. "Pygmies: African People of the Rainforest." Rashid's Blog.

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