A few relevant Articles from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
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.
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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.
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Article 24.
Everyone
has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working
hours and periodic holidays with pay.
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Article 25.
(1)
Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and
well-being of himself and of his 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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