Arab Charter on Human Rights
Based on the faith of the Arab nation in the dignity
of the human person whom God has exalted ever
since the beginning of creation and in the fact that
the Arab homeland is the cradle of religions and
civilizations whose lofty human values affirm the
human right to a decent life based on freedom,
justice and equality,
In furtherance of the eternal principles of fraternity,
equality and tolerance among human beings
consecrated by the noble Islamic religion and the
other divinely-revealed religions,
Being proud of the humanitarian values and
principles that the Arab nation has established
throughout its long history, which have played a
major role in spreading knowledge between East
and West, so making the region a point of reference
for the whole world and a destination for seekers
of knowledge and wisdom,
Believing in the unity of the Arab nation, which
struggles for its freedom and defends the right of
nations to self-determination, to the preservation
of their wealth and to development; believing in
the sovereignty of the law and its contribution to
the protection of universal and interrelated human
rights and convinced that the human person’s
enjoyment of freedom, justice and equality of
opportunity is a fundamental measure of the value
of any society,
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