Page 139 - Human Rights

Faculty of Nursing
Adult care Nursing Department

This list also includes the UN International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and

the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights of December 16, 1966; the UN International

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination of December 21, 1965; the UN
Convention on the Rights of the Child of November 20, 1989; the UN Convention on Biological

Diversity of June 5, 1992; the Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with

Disabilities adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1993; the UNESCO Declaration on Race and

Racial Prejudice of November 27, 1978; the UNESCO Declaration on the Responsibilities of the

Present Generations Towards Future Generations of November 12, 1997; the UNESCO Universal
Declaration on Cultural Diversity of November 2, 2001;

and other relevant international instruments adopted by the UN, particularly the World Health

Organization (WHO).

In summary, within this overall ethical and legal framework, the patient, as a person, enjoys the

following fundamental rights:

1 Right to life

2 Right to moral and physical integrity

3 Right to freedom

4 Right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion, opinion, and expression

5 Right to personal identity

6 Right to free development of personality

7 Right to privacy

8 Right to education

9 Right to a standard of living that is adequate for the patient and the patient´s family

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