Tennessee Editorial ForumBy Rev. Jeremy Tobin
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) Article 13 states that, “Everyone has the right to leave any country including his own, and to return to his country.” Article 14 states that, “everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.”
From these and other articles and principles enshrined in the UDHR, came “The International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families,” which was ratified by the United Nations on December 18, 1990.
People of faith believe that human rights are given by the Creator. They come with birth. Good law is to safeguard and protect these rights.
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