Year of entry into force: 1945
Region: Asia
Human rights: Freedom from discrimination, Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, Freedom of association, Freedom of expression, Freedom of movement and residence, Freedom of religion, Right of access to information, Right to acquire nationality, Right to development, Right to education, Right to family life, Right to favorable working conditions, Right to housing, Right to life, Right to property, Right to social security, Right to the benefits of culture, Right to work
Excerpts
Chapter XA Human Rights
Article 28A
Every person shall have the right to live and to defend his/her life and existence.
Article 28B
(1) Every person shall have the right to establish a family and to procreate based upon lawful marriage.
(2) Every child shall have the right to live, to grow and to develop, and shall have the right to protection from violence and discrimination.
Article 28C
(1) Every person shall have the right to develop him/herself through the fulfilment of his/her basic needs, the right to get education and to benefit from science and technology, arts and culture, for the purpose of improving the quality of his/her life and for the welfare of the human race.
Article 28D
(1) Every person shall have the right of recognition, guarantees, protection and certainty before a just law, and of equal treatment before the law.
(2) Every person shall have the right to work and to receive fair and proper remuneration and treatment in employment.
(3) Every citizen shall have the right to obtain equal opportunities in government.
(4) Every person shall have the right to citizenship status.
Article 28E
(1) Every person shall be free to choose and to practice the religion of his/her choice, to choose one’s education, to choose one’s employment, to choose one’s citizenship, and to choose one’s place of residence within the state territory, to leave it and to subsequently return to it.
(2) Every person shall have the right to the freedom to believe his/her faith (kepercayaan), and to express his/her views and thoughts, in accordance with his/her conscience.
(3) Every person shall have the right to the freedom to associate, to assemble and to express opinions.
Article 28F
Every person shall have the right to communicate and to obtain information for the purpose of the development of his/her self and social environment, and shall have the right to seek, obtain, possess, store, process and convey information by employing all available types of channels.
Article 28G
(1) Every person shall have the right to protection of his/herself, family, honour, dignity, and property, and shall have the right to feel secure against and receive protection from the threat of fear to do or not do something that is a human right.
(2) Every person shall have the right to be free from torture or inhumane and degrading treatment, and shall have the right to obtain political asylum from another country.
Article 28H
(1) Every person shall have the right to live in physical and spiritual prosperity, to have a home and to enjoy a good and healthy environment, and shall have the right to obtain medical care.
(2) Every person shall have the right to receive facilitation and special treatment to have the same opportunity and benefit in order to achieve equality and fairness.
(3) Every person shall have the right to social security in order to develop oneself fully as a dignified human being.
(4) Every person shall have the right to own personal property, and such property may not be unjustly held possession of by any party.
Article 28I
(2) Every person shall have the right to be free from discriminative treatment based upon any grounds whatsoever and shall have the right to protection from such discriminative treatment.