Equality before the law, known as equality under the law, equality in the eyes of the law, legal equality, or legal egalitarianism, is the principle that all people must be equally protected by the la
Ticket printed for potential impeachment trial of president Richard Nixon.
Statue of Equality in Paris as an allegory of equality
Graffiti in Cape Town: "All shall be equal before the law."
Proclamation by Sir George Arthur to Indigenous Tasmanians, purporting to show the equality of white and black before the law
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a document adopted by the United Nations General Assembly that codifies some of the rights and freedoms of all human beings. Drafted by a United Nations co
Equality before the law
…and does not exist within systems incorporating legal slavery, servitude, colonialism, oligarchy, aristocracy, or absolute monarchy. Article 7 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) states: "All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law". Thus, it states that everyone…
Eleanor Roosevelt holding the English-language version of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in November 1949
The human rights adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948
Freedom from Fear (Saturday, March 13, 1943)–from the Four Freedoms series by Norman Rockwell. The freedom from fear is mentioned in the preamble of the Declaration.
Former Foreign Office minister Baroness Anelay speaking at the Commemorating Human Rights Day event in London, 8 December 2016