Universal declaration of human rights (1948) – original text and simplified version

The plain language version is given only as aguide. For an exact rendering of each prin-ciple, refer students to the original. This“simplified” version is based on a French text pre-pared in 1978 for the World Association for theSchool as an Instrument of Peace by a ResearchGroup of the University of Geneva under the res -ponsibility of Prof. L. Massarenti. In preparing theFrench “simplified” version, the Group used a basic vocabulary of 2,500 words in use in theFrench-speaking part of Switzerland. The Englishtranslation of the French version was prepared bythe United Nations. Teachers may adopt thismethodology when they translate the text of theUniversal Declaration into the language in use intheir region.

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