Universal Declaration of Natural Rights

Confederation of Humanitarian Nations CNU

RESOLUTION CNU-A8-2025-12-11

Preamble
We, the members of the Confederation of Humanitarian Nations (CNU), recognize that every human being, as an inseparable part of Life, is the bearer of natural rights that preexist any state system or legal convention.
Inspired by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948, and aware of the need for an ethical evolution that reflects the challenges of the present, we proclaim this Declaration as an integrative, living document aimed at protecting the dignity, freedom, health, and sovereignty of individuals, communities, and the Earth.
This Declaration is founded on the principle of the self-determination of peoples, on respect for individual conscience, shared truth, and the balance between rights, duties, and the relations among Peoples and Nations.

  • Art. 1 – Right to Integral Dignity
    Every human being has the right to the recognition, respect, and protection of their integral dignity, understood as the indivisible unity of body, mind, spirit, and culture, in harmony with their origin, identity, and worldview.

Art. 2 – Right to Freedom of Conscience, Thought, and Spirituality
Every individual has the right to full freedom of conscience, thought, faith, spirituality, and non-belief. This right includes the freedom to express, practice, change, or not adhere to religious, philosophical, ethical, or cultural worldviews, while respecting the dignity of others.

  1. Every person has the right to receive, seek, and share truthful, pluralistic, and non-manipulated information.
    Systematic disinformation, censorship, and the deliberate concealment of truth constitute violations of human dignity and of the foundations of democratic coexistence.

Every human being has the right to integral health and to receive adequate, preventive, regenerative, or palliative care, through an approach centered on the person and not solely on the pathology.
This right includes the freedom of therapeutic choice, including according to cultural, spiritual, or family traditions, as well as natural, integrative, holistic, and community medicine.
No one may be compelled to undergo treatments that are contrary to their conscience or culture, except in cases strictly necessary for the protection of collective health and always in respect of individual dignity.

Every individual has the right to live in a natural environment that is clean, healthy, balanced, and sustainable.
The protection of the Earth, biodiversity, water, air, seeds, fauna, and flora is a collective duty and a right of future generations.
All public or private decisions must be assessed according to the principle of ecological non-harm.

Every person has the right to a safe and respectful digital life, with:
• full control over their own data and content;
• the right to be forgotten and to the portability of personal information;
• freedom of expression in digital environments;
• transparency of algorithms and neutrality of technologies;
• protection from abusive surveillance, cognitive manipulation, and discriminatory profiling.

Every individual and every people has the right to freely choose their own life path, whether spiritual, cultural, political, economic, or educational.
Work must be free, dignified, fair, and recognized as a means of personal expression and community contribution.
All forms of exploitation, coercion, or economic alienation are contrary to natural rights.

Every person has the right to take part, in a direct and informed manner, in collective decisions that concern them, through:
• popular assemblies,
• participatory democracy tools,
• deliberative referendums,
• civic consultations,
• recognized community or digital bodies.
Institutional transparency, informed consent, and mutual listening are guiding principles in every decision-making process.

Every human being has the right to live without suffering physical, psychological, cultural, spiritual, or digital violence.
Active non-violence, peaceful conflict resolution, supportive mediation, and restorative justice are priority pathways for overcoming disputes.
Every individual has the right to moral, legal, and documentary self-defense against abuses, discrimination, or impositions that violate dignity and natural rights.

Every individual has the duty to:
• respect and protect the natural rights of others,
• act with truth, compassion, and justice,
• preserve the Earth and its common resources,
• promote solidarity across generations,
• not remain indifferent in the face of clear violations of human or natural dignity.

Human Rights Defenders, in the exercise of their functions:
• are inspired by the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders (Resolution 53/144/1998) and by this Declaration;
• actively promote the rights recognized in this Declaration, considering it an ethical and spiritual guide for their mandate;
• operate in a non-violent, documented, conscientious manner, with respect for cultural plurality;
• commit to protecting vulnerable individuals, communities, and traditions wherever they may be, even in the absence of full legal recognition by state systems.

This Declaration may be updated every 5 years, upon proposal by at least four-fifths of the confederated members, indistinctly and equally, and with approval by a qualified quorum (two-thirds) of the Confederated Assembly.
This clause ensures that the text remains living, coherent, and attentive to the transformations of humanity and the planet.

• Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UN, 1948)
• UN Resolution 53/144/1998 on Human Rights Defenders
• UN Declaration on the Right to a Healthy Environment (2022)
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
• International conventions on labor, biodiversity, health, and the self-determination of peoples
• Wisdom traditions and spiritual constitutions of Indigenous peoples