17. international literature festival berlin 6.–16.09.17

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Universal Declaration of Human Rightsand Charta 08Worldwide Reading on 6th September, 2017

Universal Declaration of Human RightsPreamble

Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,

Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people,

Whereas it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be protected by the rule of law,

Whereas it is essential to promote the development of friendly relations between nations,

Whereas the peoples of the United Nations have in the Charter reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women and have determined to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,

Whereas Member States have pledged themselves to achieve, in cooperation with the United Nations, the promotion of universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms,

Whereas a common understanding of these rights and freedoms is of the greatest importance for the full realization of this pledge,

Now, therefore, The General Assembly, Proclaims this Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, to the end that every individual and every organ of society, keeping this Declaration constantly in mind, shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance, both among the peoples of Member States themselves and among the peoples of territories under their jurisdiction.

© United Nations

The appeal is signed by:

ALGERIA Mohamed Magani, Boualem Sansal | ARGENTINA Maria Cecilia Barbetta, Alberto Manguel, Pola Oloixarac | ARMENIA Lola Koundakjian | ARUBA Quito Nicolaas | AUSTRALIA Brian Castro, Robin de Crespigny, Lisa Dempster, Kyra Giorgi, John Tranter, Charlotte Wood | AUSTRIA Josef Haslinger, Elfriede Jelinek | BAHAMAS Marion Bethel | BANGLADESCH Sadaf Saaz | BELGIUM Stefaan van den Bremt, Jean Jauniaux, Stefan Hertmans, PEN Belgique | BOLIVIA Biyu Suarez de Jaldin | BRAZIL Rafael Cardoso, João Paulo Cuenca, Yasmina Khadra | CAMBODIA Sreang Heng | CANADA Michèle Blanchet, Brian Brett, Michael M. Day, Emile Martel, John Ralston Saul | CHILE Carmen Berenguer, Ariel Dorfman, Carla Guelfenbein | CHINA Xiaolu Guo, Ma Jian, Zhang Yu | COLOMBIA Fabio Martínez | COSTA RICA Gioconda Belli | CROATIA Tomica Bajsić, Ivana Sajko, PEN Croatia | CYPRUS Stephanos Stephanides | CZECH REPUBLIC PhDr. Radka Denemarková | DENMARK Mehdi Mozaffari, Louis Jensen, Janne Teller | DJIBOUTI Abdourahman A. Waberi | EGYPT Karim Alrawi, Christian Duda, Ahdaf Soueif | ERITREA Abraham Zere | ESTONIA Kätlin Kaldmaa | ETHIOPIA Maaza Mengiste, Sampurna Chattarji, Nasrin Siege | FINLAND J. K. Ihalainen, Ville Tietäväinen | FRANCE Marie Holzman, Pierre Joris, Florence Noiville | GERMANY Dieter Bachmann, Jürgen Banscherus, Hans Christoph Buch, Nina María Frahm, Rolf Hosfeld, Inga Israel, Christoph Leisten, Jürgen Lodemann, Sebastian Lörscher, Herta Müller, Brigitte Oleschinski, Peter Schneider, Michi Strausfeld, Peter Völker, Suse Weisse, Gernot Wolfram, Gisela von Wysocki | GHANA Frankie Asare-Donkoh | GREECE Amanda Michalopoulou | HAITI L P Dalembert | HUNGARY Zsófia Bán, Dragomán György, Andras Petöcz | ICELAND Sigurdur Pálsson | INDIA Kadambari Gladding, Ranjit Hoskote, Manju Kapur, Damodar Mauzo, Aju Mukhopadhyay, Kiran Nagarkar, Priya Sarukkai Chabria, Shashi Tharoor | INDONESIA Agus R. Sarjono | IRAN Amir Cheheltan, Lila Azam Zanganeh | IRELAND Gabriel Rosenstock | ISRAEL Yossi Alpher | ITALY Stefania Battistella, Beppe Costa, Paolo Giordano, Chiara Macconi, Flavio Soriga | KENYA PEN Kenya, Tony Mochama| LEBANON Joumana Haddad, Iman Humaydan| MACEDONIA Jasna Koteska | MEXICO Homero Aridjis, Chloe Aridjis, Coral Bracho, Lucina Kathmann, PEN México | MYANMAR Ma Thida, Nyein Way | NETHERLANDS Anneke Brassinga, J.G. Gaarlandt, Gideon Samson, Simon van der Geest, Joke van Leeuwen | NEW ZEALAND David Howard, Christian Karlson Stead, Ian Wedde | NIGERIA Ayo Ayoola-Amale, E. C. Osondu, Wole Soyinka, E. E. Sule | NORWAY Hilde Susan Jaegtnes, Ingeborg Kringeland Hald, John Rullestad | PAKISTAN Uzma Aslam Khan, Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, Ahmed Rashid, Muneeza Shamsie, Imtiaz Dharker | PALESTINE Liana Badr, Mahmoud Abu Hashhash, Ala Hlehel | PERU Alejandro Sánchez-Aizcorbe | POLAND Krystyna Dąbrowska, Wojciech Kuczok, Jakob Ziguras | ROMANIA Magda Carneci, Dan Lungu, Norman Manea | RUSSIA Vyacheslav Kupriyanov | SERBIA Bora Cosic | SIERRA LEONE Kadija George | SPAIN Angelina Llongueras | SOUTH AFRICA Sheila Kohler , George Momogos | SUDAN Abdelaziz Baraka Sakin | SWEDEN Frida Nilsson, Göran Rosenberg, Annika Thor, Jakob Wegelius | SWITZERLAND Bernard Comment, Peter Stamm | TUNISIA Meriam Bousselmi | TURKEY Sema Kaygusuz, Burhan Sönmez | UGANDA Bahiyyih Nakhjavani | UK Priya Basil, John Burnside, Paul Charles, Fiona Graham, Ruth Padel, Ian Rankin, Meg Rosoff, George Szirtes, Irvine Welsh | UKRAINE Boris Chersonskij, Iryna Tsilyk, Lyuba Yakimchuk | USA John Ashbery, Charles Bernstein, Anthony Cohan, JoeAnn Hart, Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, Rafiq Kathwari, Jane B. Kulow, Paul Michael Lutzeler, Michael Palmer, Ruta Sepetys, Anne Waldman