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Universal Declaration of Human Rights

by the United Nations

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was ratified in 1948 by the United Nations General Assembly. It defines the fundamental rights of individuals, and exhorts all governments to protect these rights. The UN has translated the document into over three hundred languages and dialects. This audiobook includes readings in 21 languages, by LibriVox volunteers.

(Summary by David Barnes)

For 42 more recordings in 39 languages (making a total of 53 individual languages) see Volume 02, completed in 2009.

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Total running time: 6:27:33

mp3 and ogg files

• Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Afrikaans – Read by cdb. – 00:15:11
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 7.2MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 14.5MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 7.9MB]
  Read by: A volunteer
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Arabic – Read by FE – 00:16:36
  Source: Arabic e-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 7.9MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 15.9MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 8.2MB]
  Read by: Faris
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Portuguese – Read by JB and LM – 00:16:54
  Source: Portuguese e-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 8.1MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 16.2MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 8.4MB]
  Read by: Judy Bieber and Rennê Luduvico
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Chinese – Read by CZ – 00:19:12
  Source: Chinese e-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 9.2MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 18.4MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 9.9MB]
  Read by: Christina Zhu
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Danish – Read by ME – 00:13:41
  Source: Danish e-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 6.5MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 13.1MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 6.3MB]
  Read by: Maria Elmvang
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Dutch – Read by AW – 00:18:57
  Source: Dutch e-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 9.0MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 18.1MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 10.3MB]
  Read by: Ans Wink
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Dutch – Read by MB – 00:15:40
  Source: Dutch e-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 7.5MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 15.0MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 8.4MB]
  Read by: Menno
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights, English – Read by DRB – 00:18:35
  Source: English e-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 8.9MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 17.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 9.8MB]
  Read by: David Barnes
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights, English – Read by KS – 00:16:03
  Source: English e-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 7.7MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 15.4MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 7.9MB]
  Read by: Kara Shallenberg
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Esperanto – Read by AC – 00:15:23
  Source: Esperanto e-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 7.3MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 14.7MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 10.8MB]
  Read by: Aaron (Arono) Chapman
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Filipino (Tagalog) – Read by alnl – 00:17:24
  Source: Filipino (Tagalog) e-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 8.3MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 16.7MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 8.5MB]
  Read by: Andrea L.
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Finnish – Read by JF – 00:13:48
  Source: Finnish e-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 6.6MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 13.2MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 7.1MB]
  Read by: Juho Fršjd
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights, French – Read by Ezwa – 00:12:48
  Source: French e-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 6.1MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 12.2MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 5.9MB]
  Read by: Ezwa
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights, French – Read by JL – 00:16:35
  Source: French e-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 7.9MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 15.9MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 8.8MB]
  Read by: Jennifer Larson
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights, German – Read by Robu – 00:13:03
  Source: German e-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 6.2MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 12.5MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 8.2MB]
  Read by: Roman Buettner
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Indonesian – Read by MB – 00:20:35
  Source: Indonesian e-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 9.8MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 19.7MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 10.4MB]
  Read by: Menno
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Japanese – Read by KK – 00:18:36
  Source: Japanese e-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 8.9MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 17.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 11.4MB]
  Read by: kaseumin
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Korean – Read by lsj – 00:12:18
  Source: Korean e-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 5.9MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 11.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 9.5MB]
  Read by: LeeSeJin
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Latin – Read by Ezwa – 00:16:28
  Source: Latin e-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 7.9MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 15.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 8.1MB]
  Read by: Ezwa
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Malay – Read by RH – 00:22:09
  Source: Malay e-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 10.6MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 21.2MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 10.8MB]
  Read by: Rastam Hadi
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Portuguese – Read by AS – 00:13:24
  Source: Portuguese e-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 6.4MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 12.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 7.1MB]
  Read by: Ana Simão
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Polish – Read by Jawo – 00:15:58
  Source: Polish e-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 7.6MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 15.3MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 7.8MB]
  Read by: Jacek Wojski
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Spanish – Read by KRS – 00:13:20
  Source: Spanish e-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 6.4MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 12.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 9.5MB]
  Read by: Karen Savage
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Walloon – Read by Ezwa – 00:14:55
  Source: Walloon e-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 7.1MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 14.3MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 7.0MB]
  Read by: Ezwa

Cataloged on October 22, 2006