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TERRAPPA's proposal to the
International Federation of Human Rights :
Addition of an annex to the text on the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Proposed addition
Reasons for addition
Proposed addition
Actually, art. 13 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights stipulates that :
- Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the
borders of each state.
- Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to
return to his country.
« Everyone can legitimately claim his native earth of his last
known ancestors to which he belongs as a natural right and return back there,
if he so desires » should be added as subparagraph 3 to
complete art. 13 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948.
In fact articles 12 and 13 of the said declaration give to understand that the
proposed addition is implicitly suggested.
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Reasons for addition
It is obvious that everyone, born anywhere in the world, feeds on foods obtained from
the familiar land or from the rearing of cattle in his environment. This is how the
human species grows, carries out his activities, grows older, dies and returns back
to this earth, irrespective of whether the latter is consistent, sandy, or supports
the flow of hydrography.
Every living individual physically belongs to some terrestrial support is thus an
undeniable reality, and therefore a natural and fundamental right. This needs to be
clearly stipulated, as many persons living far from their country of origin are victims
to profound mental suffering, depression and sometimes, death. It is inhuman to maintain
this state of affairs which is unworthy for a society that is capable of understanding
that every individual's claim to that right is based on the principle that his lineage
is formed by the chain of succeeding generations since the origin of his ancestors.
With this natural right, it is possible for anybody to modify his lineage towards another
geographical habitat of his choice, if he so desires and if his request is acceptable.
The recognition of this fundamental right by no means rejects the point of view of the
various religions as for the theological concepts to which the concerned people belongs.
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