Easy-to-read versions of human rights documents
The authorities are responsible for informing the general public about human rights. Because human rights conventions and other agreements are long texts with complex language, adapted simplified versions are available and are easier to work with.
Documents
- Charter of the United Nations 1945. Plain version (UN)
- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Summary version (Amnesty USA)
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Illustrated version (United Nations)
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Plain language version (OHCHR)
- Easy-to-read version of the Human Rights Covenants. The International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
- The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Easy read version (UN Enable)
- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with disabilities. Plain version(UN)
- The European Convention on Human Rights and its protocols. Simplified version (Council of Europe)
- Climate change and the rights of people with disabilities. Easy to read (UN Human Rights Council)
- The Convention on the Rights of the Child: The child-friendly version.
Audio
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights in different languages (#StandUp4HumanRights campaign)
Translations of Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in different languages (United Nations)
Two hands pointing to a text in a human rights document in Eritrean languagePhoto: HRA