HUMAN RIGTHS DAY

BOOKLET
EABIC MIAMI INC. / NEW JERUSALEM UNIVERSITY (NJU)
On December 10, 1948, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights the full text of which appears in the following pages. Following
this historic act the Assembly called upon all Member countries to publicize the text of the Declaration
and "to cause it to be disseminated, displayed, read and expounded principally in schools and other
educational institutions, without distinction based on the political status of countries or territories.

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African Indigenous Human Rights: A Race First Ideal
As we celebrate human rights day this year I would like to take the time to reflect on what human rights
means to us as African people universally. There have been many serious and unprecedented events
that have taken place this year all in the context of human rights. While the world was and still is
captivated by the Arab Spring, many grotesque atrocities have been conducted under the guise of
human rights in so-called support and defense of human rights.
We have seen many leaders of North Africa and other Arab States lose their seats of power through the
supposedly grassroots organization of the masses to demand change. We have also witnessed the
resurgence of the overt scramble for Africa under the auspices of human rights and justice.
As we examine the state of current world affairs and the universal importance of the protection and
promotion of human rights. We must ask ourselves; does the justice as purported by the international
community dominated by the west meet the appearance of justice? By whose standards are African
leaders and governments judged by? (Article 28. Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the
rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized)
If we are truly serious about human rights we must accept that the current international system
responsible for the assurance of human rights does not represent the core values of universal human
rights. Whilst we have seen the armed rise of the youth in the Middle East; welcomed by the US and
supported through the auspices of NATO. We also bear witness to the unprovoked molestation and
abuse against peaceful protesters of the Occupy Wall Street Movement right here in America. Can we
not see the hypocrisy in this? We have further witnessed the erosion of the
sovereignty of many underdeveloped states, with African States bearing the
brunt of the assault. All of these taking place under the guise of human rights
promotion and protection.
Our only solution then as Africans is for us to find our own solutions for our
problems. We have demonstrated that we are a unique and divine spiritual
people with human rights being an inborn concept and principle. We have and
continue to manifest this through our indigenous problem solving and conflict
resolution methods; as demonstrated in Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda and the
continent over from Cape to the Cairo. Our concept of justice is restorative not
punitive. Unity, Faith and Cooperative Economics are our social ideals; not capitalistic greed, selfishness
and envy.
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Self Determination is not only a human right it is one of our fundamental principles. It is clear now that
Africa must unite and establish a true functioning form of collective security to protect her children and
guarantee their future through human rights. Self-Reliance is a sacred duty of every human being and
nation. We all have our share of problems some common and some unique; we also have our various
traditions and values some common and some unique. We can all get together to find common
solutions to common problems. However more often than not, most human rights problems are very
case sensitive and unique in nature. Therefore indigenous solutions must be applied in most situations;
demonstrating the importance of the practice and principle of self-reliance in the guarantying of human
rights.
Let us this human rights day re-examine the current international human rights framework and see it for
what it truly is; a game of Cloaks and Daggers. People universally are suffering; this is not the time for
games.
Human Rights are a natural concept therefore they are Natural Rights universal to all. However history
has demonstrated that we all interpret these rights in our own spectacles. So therefore no foreign
perspective could ever recommend the prescription for all of our ills.
In closing we the International Expatriates in the
Diaspora are still seeking our fundamental and basic
demand for Freedom, Redemption and International
Repatriation; with Reparations and Compensation from
all governments, corporations and others that
participated and benefitted from the 17
th
century African
slave trade. These are owed unto us through human
rights and we want them NOW!
We are calling upon our African Leaders and Statesmen
to embrace the ideal African Indigenous Human Rights
and Restorative Justice in working out the necessary
protocols to guarantee us our fundamental basic Indigenous human right of African Citizenship within
the Continent through Repatriation.
We must Win, We shall Win, We will Win!
Hon. Pro. Benton Curry
Director NJU / Human Rights Coordinator



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Human Rights Day 2011
This year thousands of people decided the time had come to claim their rights. They took to the
streets and demanded change. Many found their voices using the internet and instant messaging
to inform, inspire and mobilize supporters to seek their basic human rights.
Social media helped activists organize peaceful protest movements in cities across the globein
Tunis, in Cairo, in Madrid, in New York, and in cities and towns across the globeat times in
the face of violent repression.
It has been a year like no other for human rights. Human rights activism has never been more
topical or more vital. And through the transforming power of social media, ordinary people have
become human rights activists.
Human rights belong equally to each of us and bind us together as a global community with the
same ideals and values. As a global community we all share a day in common: Human Rights
Day on 10 December, when we remember the creation 63 years ago of the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights.
On Human Rights Day 2011 we pay tribute to all human rights defenders and ask you to get
involved in the global human rights movement.
The High Commissioner for Human Rights will host a global conversation on human rights
through social media on Friday, 9 December at 9:30 A.M., New York time.
We want you to be part of it: join the conversation, send a question, watch it live. More details
coming soon.
Join us on Facebook as we countdown to Human Rights Day with a "30 days and 30 rights"
discussion on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights or follow us on Twitter
#CelebrateRights.
Help us celebrate human rights!

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AFRICAN HEROES SERIES VOL.1..HON.KING EMMANUEL CHARLES EDWARDS THE FORMATIVE YEARS
By: Hon Priest Jaja
"The ends you serve that are selfish will carry you no further than yourself but the ends you serve that
are for all, in common will take you into eternity." -Hon. Marcus Garvey
Among the countless number of immortalized heroes, who have selflessly fought for the upliftment of
our race, the Rt. Hon. King Emmanuel Charles Edwards' name will be forever etched into the annuls of
history. Founder of the Ethiopia Africa Black International Congress Church of True Divine Salvation, King
Emmanuel struggled relentlessly for the rights of African people the world over. Undeniably, it was the
Rt. Hon. King Emmanuel who coined the slogan, "Freedom, Redemption and International Repatriation,"
that for which the Rastaman and Woman so longed desired, the right to return home. King Emmanuel
ever since the late 40s has pursued the Right of Repatriation for the African slave children scattered
throughout the west as a result of slavery. Noted for being one of the earliest agitators for Reparations,
King Emmanuel and his Congress has for decades been on the forefront in the Repatriation struggle.
In this article I would like to examine the formative years of the EABIC and its Founder, Leader, President
God and King. Prince Emmanuel or Brother Eddie as he is also called was said to have appeared in the
Parish of St. Elizabeth (Jamaica) in 1915. Many speculations has been made as to how He actually
appeared, but as He taught 'reincarnation brings back everyone through a Mother's womb and Father's
lineage.' The Prince said that He was found has a child in an area called Treasure's Beach in St. Elizabeth,
Jamaica by a family who thereby took Him in. Little is known of his childhood yet there is a recurring
account I've heard from a few elders of how he earned the title "Prince."
It is said that the family who took in the Hon. Prince Emmanuel made a living by selling milk from cows.
The young Prince Edwards became popular in the community, because of his
tendency to give the customers more milk than they paid for. It is said the people
in the community began calling him prince because of his generosity. As Prince
Edwards grew into adulthood he eventually migrated into the capital city. A
migration pattern which was trending during the early 20th century. No exact age
is known as to when Prince Edwards migrated into Kingston, yet we know it was
during the early 30's. (Further research can be done to discover the actual age of
his migration). The Hon. Marcus Garvey also followed said migration pattern,
leaving his native St. Anne Bay to the island's capital in his late teens.
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While in Kingston the Hon. Prince Edwards was a witness of the Cultural Revolution that was taking
place in Jamaica during the early thirties. Jamaica was at the time the operation base of the Hon. Marcus
Garvey and his organization the UNIA which was in part instrumental for the shaping of the
consciousness of the African people of Jamaica. The newly formed Rastafari Movement as well was
gaining influence in the island and was gaining the attention of many of the inner city youths. I have
heard of accounts of the Hon. Prince Emmanuel meeting the Hon. Marcus Mosiah Garvey while passing
Calvary Cemetery in the community of Trenchtown. I have also heard of other accounts of the Prince
participating in some of Garvey's meetings. Yet as history records by the year 1935, after facing stark
opposition in Jamaica, Marcus Garvey decided to migrate to London and continue his works from there.
With Garvey abroad, the newly found 'doctrine of Rastafari' took its rank heralding the banner of race
pride for generations to follow.
Figures like Leonard Howell, Joseph Hibbert and Robert
Hinds began forming organizations centered
around the Ethiopian Monarch Emperor Haile
Selassie I the newly crowned 'Blackman God and King.'
Though some may claim that Prince Emmanuel was at one
point apart of the Howelite sect, in my research I have
yet to find any evidence proving that to be true.
However, I would accept the idea that Leonard Howell
may have indirectly had an impact on the Hon. Prince Emmanuel. The Father would argue that the
Movement rose out of the heart of the city and rather than St. Catherine which was the location of
Leonard Howell's Pinnacle. Leonard Howell, however was influential in shaping a lot of the ideologies
and allegorical traditions of the Rastafari culture primarily through his books and street corner
preaching. Terminologies such as 'King Alpha and Queen Omega' and 'World's money mint and all Bibles
owner' that are still widely used amongst the Rastafari, are all terms coined by the Hon. Leonard Howell.
During the late 30's or so Prince Edwards began working at Up Park Camp which was the headquarters
of the British Army in Jamaica performing odd jobs. While Prince Emmanuel was working at Up Park
Camp in 1940, Alexander Bustamante was imprisoned for subversive activities and served his time there
3 years. Alexander Bustamante was eventually released on one condition, the Hon. Prince Emmanuel
revealed, that he (Bustamante) was to form a political party opposing his first cousin Norman Manley.
Upon his release from prison Bustamante did just so and formed the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). The
forming of the PNP and JLP would later prove to be a socio-political construct strategically engineered to
derail the unifying works of the Hon. Marcus Garvey and to manipulate the Africans of Jamaica to
remain divided along violently defended political lines for generations to come.
After working at Up Park Camp for some period of time the Hon. Prince Emmanuel said He was called
upon by his Father Jah Rastafari to redeem his people from out of Egypt/Jamaica and the western world
(the house of bondage). One day while painting a building Prince Edwards fell off a ladder, though he
was able to walk away uninjured, it was that incident which he says led him to leave Up Park Camp to
pursue His Father's mission. In 1944, Prince Edwards moved to an area called Ackee Walk which was a
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part of the famous or rather, imfamous area then known as Bac-O-Wall, which is one of the major
cultivating grounds of the Rastafari culture.
Some years following his move to Ackee Walk, in 1948 the Hon. Prince Edwards visited Up Park Camp
''to seek out the rights of his people." Upon Prince Emmanuel's arrival to the office of the Brigadier
General, the Brigadier ran out of his office leaving the Prince standing there alone. Thus according to
Prince Emmanuel by the Brigadier leaving him alone in his office he befell Britain's crown head. Since
that visit to Up Park Camp in 1948, the Hon. Prince Emmanuel or Brother Eddie as he was then called
has continued to lobby the heads of the Jamaican government, as well as the British crown head for free
transportation to repatriate the African slave children in Jamaica and the western world.
On August 1st 1951 Prince Emmanuel handed a letter to Governor Hugh Foote demanding the rights of
the people in Jamaica desirous to return to Africa. Though no was action was taken by the colonial
government to resettle the Ethiopian subjects exiled in the diaspora, Bongo Eddie struggled relentlessly
nevertheless. In 1953 on the day of Queen Elizabeth the 2nd coronation he cabled her a telegram
demanding the release of his people. By the 1950's Brother Eddie was becoming a prominent figure in
the Rastafari movement edifying the people of their true heritage and nationality. A few elders I have
met testify of their earlier days gathering with 'Brother Eddie' underneath the Ackee Tree. The Ackee
Tree bearing the symbolic colors of the red gold and green and red black and green our Creational
banners.
Following a decree issued late 1957 by Governor Hugh Foote, which declared
that self-governance will be given to the people of Jamaica, Prince Emmanuel
organized and convened a 21 day seminar on the topic of repatriation. The
Convention which was held March 1st 1958 is historicized as the 'First
Groundation' of the Rastafari Brethren. Prince Edwards was the chairman and
Bongo Watto the ceremonial High Priest of the occasion as 3,000 Rastaman,
Woman and Children, sung and chanted to the Nyabinghi drums. Sir Kenneth
Blackburn, then governor, also paid a visit to hear the opening remarks of those present at the
Convention. The Convention was held at the former residence of the Hon. Prince Emmanuel, 54b
Spanishtown Rd. Kingston, Jamaica. The Convention was highly publicized and people from all over the
island came with the hope of embarking for Africa.
Note: During this March 1st Convention the Ethiopia Africa National Congress was formed, now Ethiopia
Africa Black International Congress.
Following the weeks long seminar the Prince led a march from his headquarters to Victoria Park
downtown Kingston. The masses of Rastafari brethren and sisters, not to mention onlookers, began
pouring into Victoria Park that early morning. The march was peaceful until a group of Rasses decided to
climb and brake off a piece of Queen Victoria statue. That action caused the Jamaica constabulary force
to disrupt the gathering. When the police arrived many of the brethren and sisters fled but the Prince
decided He wasn't going to run for 'only the guilty run.' Prince Emmanuel took up a child in his hand as
the police approached him; the constables snatched the crying baby out of Emmanuel's hand and
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viciously attacked him with batons. Smoke bombs were also used to disperse the crowd; those who
weren't able to escape the Jamaican police force were all viciously attacked as well.
Following the brutal assault Prince Emmanuel returned to his residence at 54b Spanishtown Rd.
Kingston, Jamaica undeterred and continued to agitate for the rights of the people. Most of the Rasses
who were apart of the Convention went their separate ways, leaving only a handful of souls remaining
faithful members of the Congress. The same year of the Convention the Congress was raided by the
police who once again attacked Prince Emmanuel who was also unjustiably imprisoned. The case was
highly publicized and drew public criticism of the people directed at the actions of the JCF. A number of
people wrote to the Jamaica gleaner and expressed their disappointment with the Jamaica government.
According to Leonard Barrett in his book 'The Rastafarians' a sociologist among the many who wrote the
gleaner predicted "in the long run the type of Prince Emmanuel may have more to do with West Indian
future than the type of Lord Hailes " former Governor General of the West Indian Federation. A
statement which is believed to have been somewhat reiterated by Queen Elizabeth the 2nd on her state
visit to Jamaica March 1966, which I will get to later. The Trial of September 1958 with Prince Emmanuel
caught the attention of Barrister Evans a famous lawyer who was said
to have defended some of the Mau Mau fighters in Kenya.
Eventually Prince Emmanuel and his apostles were freed and
returned to his headquarters at 54b Spanishtown Rd. Western
Kingston. Though allowed to return Prince Emmanuel would later still
encounter countless confrontations with the brutal Jamaican police
force. The resilience of Prince Emmanuel in the midst of such violent
opposition must be noted, he, withstanding the countless attacks,
imprisonments and injustices was able to pursue adamantly the basic
human rights which are to be guaranteed to all. By the 1960's Brother
Eddie who by this time was becoming to be more widely known as
Prince Emmanuel intensified his agitation and began laying the legal
framework of the EABIC.
Following the dispersal of the Howellites at Pinnacle in 1954 coupled with the growing number of
migrants from the countrysides of Jamaica, to the city of Kingston, areas such as Bac-O-Wall quickly
became the target of the government namely due to the spread of the "Rude Boy culture" as well as
Rastafari . By 1963 the government began the "urban renewal" process which included bulldozing the of
homes of 3,000 people in back-o-wall and downtown Kingston. Prince Emmanuel however remained at
his former residence at 54b Spanishtown Road up until July 1966 when the entire Bac-O-Wall area was
destroyed by the JLP government in order to erect their political stronghold 'Tivoli Gardens.'
The bulldozing of the bac-o-wall community displaced thousands of people, many of whom were left
homeless, many of whom were forced to sleep in the bordering May Pen Cemetery. Jamaican
Sociologists all agree the bulldozing of back-o-wall in 1966 was 'to counter the positive and radicalizing
influence of the Rastafari.' It could be assumed that the government intent was to frustrate the efforts
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of the Rastafari movement in asserting their Basic Human rights. The year 1966 saw the turning point of
the Rastafari movement following the visit of Emperor Haile Selassie I to the shores of Jamaica. Prior to
the Emperor's visit to Jamaica, Queen Elizabeth also visited the island on the 3rd of March 1966.
While visiting King's House the Hon. Prince Emmanuel delivered a red, white and blue pouch to the
queen. When the queen recieved the pouch she unveiled the three banners which were contained
inside, the Red Gold and Green, the Red Black and Green as well as an all-Black flag. When the queen
raised the three banners the red white and blue pouch fell to the ground, symbolically representing the
union jack being subdued by the black nation creational banners. It was told to the Hon. Prince
Emmanuel that the queen bowed to the flags He presented and she declared, ' there is an individual in
Jamaica who no one is to molest for that individual would be lord over her lords.' Holy Emmanuel I
Selassie I Jah Rastafari
The following month marked the most memorable day in Jamaica and Rastafari history. The visit of the
King of Kings to the pit of Jehosephat, the island of Jamaica. It was April 21, 1966 the day celebrated by
the EABIC has the moment Abraham met Melchizedek. Prince Emmanuel was among the 31 leaders who
met His Majesty at King's House and were presented with gold
medals.
Documents were said to have been left with the Jamaican
government stating that whosoever desires to return to Ethiopia
should be directed towards the Ethiopia Africa National Congress and
its Leader the Rt. Hon. Prince Emmanuel Charles Edwards.
Hector Wynter editor of the gleaner was to publish such document
to make known publically the open invitation of the Emperor, yet said documents were destroyed and
such right of the people held down. Jamaica was also invited to have an observer seat in the
Organization of African Unity, an offer which Jamaica has never taken up. It could be speculated that the
Emperor's endorsement of the repatriation agenda and his embrace of the Rastafari Movement led to
the final bulldozing of bac-o-wall in July 1966.
The bulldozing of Prince Emmanuel's compound on Spanishtown Road, left the Prince and his apostles
homeless not to mention the over 3,000 poor and have nots forced out of a home. Prince Emmanuel
then moved to Harris Street then onto a number of locations as he was constantly bulldozed, fire
torched and assaulted by Jamaican police and soldiers. The various locations of Prince Emmanuel
campgrounds were in time given biblical names. Ackee Walk became known to be (Nazareth) Harris
Street (Galilee) Eight (Capernaum) and Ninth Street (Bethlehem).
Prince Emmanuel's following mainly consisted of inner city youths many of whom were previously
involved with gang and other criminal activities. By the late 1960's West Kingston was becoming a
hotbed of political violence and many of the Kingstonian youths were being engulfed into the rude boy
culture that was sweeping the capital city. The Hon. Prince Emmanuel opened his compound for many
of the displaced youths who were turned from home toil and kindred leaving all for Rastafari dear sake.
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The young were driven from their parents home for the name of Rastafari, and many would come to
Prince Emmanuel to live and subsequently build themselves within the Order of the Priesthood office.
The EABIC has long been admired for its principle of self-reliance and has created a broom industry
which is universally recognized as one of the trademarks of the 'Boboshanti'.
In 1967 the Hon. Prince Emmanuel Charles Edwards registered the Ethiopia Africa
National Congress with the United Nations and began to direct his petitions through
the office of Human Rights. The following year Marc Shreiber of the Human Rights
Office met with a delegation sent by the Hon. Prince Emmanuel and witnesses declare
that he said that Mr. Edwards was to be recognized as the only 'Champion of Human
Rights' in the island of Jamaica. Prince Emmanuel was never officially awarded the
title for he was continuously barred from many of the communication from the UN and there began to
be rumors spread that he was dead following a bulldozing and fire torching of his residence. The false
report of Prince Emmanuel's death was printed in the Jamaica gleaner, was just another frivolous
attempt to silence the Hon. Prince Emmanuel and to discourage him from his work.
Nevertheless in September 1969 Hugh Shearer then Prime Minister visited Ethiopia to have dialogue
with the Emperor. In the meeting between Haile Selassie I and Hugh Shearer, Shearer requested of the
Emperor an ambassador from Ethiopia be sent to Jamaica. The King was said to have replied that He
already has his Ambassador in Jamaica whom He will shortly pay a visit. Indeed the Emperor paid the
Hon. Prince Emmanuel a private visit circa Jan.1 1970. It was an Empress of the Congress name Empress
Menen who was said to have seen a representative of the King looking for the Hon. Prince Emmanuel at
his former residence at 54b Spanishtown Road. She informed the representative that the Congress has
moved and offered to escort him to the location at Davis Lane.
During this visit further documents were left with the Prince
and the Jamaica government, yet shortly after the private
visit, the Jamaica government once again bulldozed the
dwellings and church grounds of the Hon. Prince Emmanuel
now King Emmanuel Charles Edwards. Once again left to sleep
on the streets Prince Emmanuel and the members of his
Congress began heading 10 miles east of the bloody city of
Kingston. Fulfilling the prophecy that 'man must go 10 miles
east on the mountain top watching Babylon running red hot.'
The location of the Congress has since been at 10 Miles Bull
Bay St. Andrew Jamaica on Mt. Teman widely known as 'Bobo
Hill.' Away from the constricted confides of western Kingston
the Hon. Prince Emmanuel spent the remaining years at Bull
Bay rebuilding the networks that were destroyed during the
bulldozings at Bac-O-Wall and continued to lobby the heads of
government.
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Much can be written and plenty can be said of such a Mighty
hero such as the Hon. King Emmanuel, who Prince Dawit in the
late 80's bestowed the title Emperor Emmanuel concluding that
the Priest reminded him of his grandfather King Selassie I Jah
Rastafari.Give thanks for the Mighty Redeemer the Black Christ
in Flesh King Emmanuel the 7th Adonai I God Jah Rastafari. I
hear the voice of Negus say I am this dark world's Light look unto
me and thy morn shall arise and thy days be bright. I looked to
Negus and Lo I found in him my star and my sun and in this Light
of Life I will walk until my travelling days are done. Our
Redeemer Is Strong Lord Of Host Is His Name Selassie I Jah
Rastafari!


THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY proclaims this
UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all
nations, to the end that every individual and every organ of
society, keeping this Declaration constantly in mind, shall strive
by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and
freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international,
to secure their universal and effective recognition and
observance, both among the peoples of Member States
themselves and among the peoples of territories under their
jurisdiction.

Article 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.

Article 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.

Article 3. Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of
person.

Article 4. No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and
the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.

Article 5. No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel,
inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
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Article 6. Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a
person before the law.

Article 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.

Article 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.

Article 9. No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention
or exile.

Article 10. Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public
hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the
determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal
charge against him.

Article 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 defence. (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.


Article 12. No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference
with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks
upon his honour and reputation Everyone has the right to the
protection of the law against such interference or attacks.

Article 13. (1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement
and residence within the borders of each state. (2) Everyone has
the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to
his country.

Article 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.

Article 15. (1) Everyone has the right to a nationality. (2) No one
shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right
to change his nationality.

Article 16. (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
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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.

Article 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.

Article 18. Everyone has the right to freedom of thought,
conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his
religion or belief, 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.

Article 19. Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and
expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without
interference and to seek, receive and impart information and
ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.

Article 20. (1) Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful
assembly and association. (2) No one may be compelled to
belong to an association.

Article 21. (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 to equal access to
public service in his country. (3) The will of the people shall be
the basis of the authority of government; this 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.


Article 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.

Article 23. (1) Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of
employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to
protection against unemployment. (2) Everyone, without any
discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work. (3)
Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable
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.

Article 24. Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including
reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with
pay.

Article 25. (1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living
adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his
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family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and
necessary social services, and the right to security in 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.

Article 26. (1) Everyone has the right to education. Education
shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages.
Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and
professional education shall be made generally available and
higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of
merit. (2) Education shall be directed to the full development of
the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for
human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote
understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial
or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United
Nations for the maintenance of peace. (3) Parents have a prior
right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their
children.

Article 27. (1) Everyone has the right freely to participate in the
cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in
scientific advancement and its benefits. (2) Everyone has the right
to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting
from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is
the author.

Article 28. Everyone is entitled to a social and international order
in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can
be fully realized.

Article 29. (1) Everyone has duties to 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 determined by law solely
for the purpose of securing due 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) These rights and freedoms may in no
case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the
United Nations.

Article 30. Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as
implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any
activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of
the rights and freedoms set forth herein.



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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
Honor and respect to the royal sons and daughters spread out north, east, west and south with peace
and love. Greetings to all who care to join in this feast of knowledge.
Many of us living in the world today may know that December 10th is Human Rights Day and many of us
may not; some of us probably saw it highlighted on a calendar and never did the research to find out the
significance of it. I congratulate those of you who took time and know, but it is our duty to make
everyone aware. Leading a horse to water and getting him to drink.
December 10th is celebrated yearly as Human Rights Day since the first year of its adoption by the
Plenary Meeting of the General Council in 1915 (In honor of December 10, 1948 which was the first year
the Universal Declaration Of Human Rights (UDHR) came to act). To obtain a full joy of Human Rights
Day, one must first have a foundation of what the UDHR is and what it consist of; how it came about and
why. After World War II the General Assembly of the United Nations decided that in order to avert
another war of such brutality, certain rights should bee given to all human beings. Therefore a
committee of persons including Eleanor Roosevelt (US) and
other state/country heads came up with 30 articles which make
up the UDHR. On December 10, 1948 at the UN General
Assembly at the Palais de Chaillot Paris, France; the 30 articles of
the UDHR and two others were granted active law as the
International Bill of Human Rights.
Now that we know the how and why, lets concentrate on the
what! What are my rights as a human being? How can I use
them to uplift myself and those around me? Whatever
questions you can come up with, they can all be answered; its all
up to you. The UDHR is a common standard for all people and all
nations.
Note: word sound in parenthesis are my personal thoughts and brief summation of the article
Article 1: Right to equality. (whats good for you should be good for me. Equally lets all get a share)
Article 2: Freedom from Discrimination.
Article 3: Right to life, liberty and personal security. (lets stop taking life for granted, its too precious).
Article 4: Freedom from slavery. ( no one should be kept in servitude in no way or form).
Article 5: Freedom from torture and degrading treatment.
Article 6: Right to recognition as a person before the law. (You are a person first and foremost and
should be treated as such).
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Article 7: Everyone has the right to equality before the law. (yes, this law is being broken every time
you turn on the news young minorities claim police brutality. Stand for your Rights! Know your Rights!
You have the right to be treated equally, let them know it).
Article 8: Right to remedy by a competent tribunal. (this may be one of the most frequently used
articles. It seems like almost everyone is suing someone. I will see you in court! and such and such.
You have 29 other articles that can be used to uplift yourselves).
Article 9: Freedom from arbitrary arrest or exile. (you should always be told what the charges for arrest
are. Officers cant put cuffs on you and haul you away for nothing; but if the arrest is clean article 10
should help.
Article 10: Right to a fair and public trial. (and during these fair trials or hearings you have the right to be
considered innocent until proven guilty which is article 11).
Article 11: Right to be considered innocent until proven guilty in
the courts of law.
Article 12: Freedom from interference with privacy; yours, your
family, your home and correspondences. (we see this a lot on
television, on law shows, evidence being thrown out because of
illegal wire taps. Simply put, you have the right to your privacy.
But lets face it, everything is not in black and white. We must add
color. Laws are enforced differently in different states, countries,
and provinces. Free yourself and stay out of trouble; which can be
interpreted differently and you will be able to move around as a
free man).
Article 13: Right to free movement in and out of any country.
Article 14: Right to asylum in other countries from persecution within your country.
Article 15: Right to a nationality and the freedom to change it.
Article 16: Right to marriage and building a family.
Article 17: Right to own property. (get yourself some land, build a house - children need shelter. No one
Shall be arbitrarily deprived of his/her property).
Article 18: Freedom of belief and religion. (Everyone has the right to decide his or her own destiny. Your
also have the right to change your belief or religion as you see fit).
Article 19: Freedom of opinion and information. (Print a T-Shirt, wear it proud. Wear a badge Free the
black nation Repatriate to Africa. Go ahead express yourself! Its your right! ).
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Article 20: Right of peaceful assembly and association. (The protest on Wall Street was a good recent
example of people coming together in a peaceful assembly to voice their view of likes and dislikes).
Article 21: Right to participate in government and in free elections.
Article 22: Right to social security. (Different countries call it by different names: social security (United
States), national insurance (Bahamas). Find out if your country has it. If there is no social security, you
have the right to take it up with your representatives as its your right as a human living in society. Your
country should have it for you).
Article 23: You have the right to look for and to get desirable work and to form and join trade unions to
make sure the workplace remains desirable.
Article 24: Right to rest and leisure. (Everyone in the working world has heard the talk all work and no
play but seriously, its your human right to rest. Dont burn yourself out. Take time to recharge the
battery. Know about your work packages, use your time off; even donkeys know when to say enough.
How superior are you to the donkey working man, working woman. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS!
Article 25: Right to adequate living standards.
Article 26: Right to an education. (You have a right to learn, Lets learn!).
Article 27: Cultural freedom and the right to own your ideas. (Copyright)
Article 28: Right to social order ensuring human rights.
Article 29: Right to the essential development of your community. (This article is taken for granted when
we in the community see something needing attention and we as individuals say let someone else deal
with it, its not my problem. WRONG! You abuse your human right when you dont do anything to uplift
your community.
Article 30: Freedom from interference from state to have human rights. (Basically, Article 30 is the
summary of the UDHR). There we have it, The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Thirty articles
written to ensure a worldwide respect between all. Knowing is still half the battle, we have to now
enforce these laws and to ensure that these laws are being followed by each country. It is your right and
as a member of society within your country, it is your responsibility to
ensure that these rights are never overlooked or undermined.

Blessed Human Rights Day!
Hon. Prophet Lion
E.A.B.I.C Miami Branch