ARTICLE 3: LINK TO OTHER RIGHTS

 

The Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaims the universality, interdependence and indivisible nature of human rights. All human rights impact each other. Article 3 of the 1981 Declaration on Freedom of Religion or Belief is our link to other human rights instruments. There are international human rights lawyers who believe Article 3 would have been better placed in the Preamble, as it adds nothing of legal substance to the Declaration. But for our purposes, it is an ideal principle to use for research as to how other human rights instruments can add to your community report on human rights and freedom of religion or belief.