Friday, 18 August 2006
Freedom to travel as a human right
Several students at my introductory talk on "Travel Writing and the Travel Industry" at the 15th annual Book Passage Travel Writers and Photographers Conference this weekend asked about the sources I quoted on freedom to travel as a human right.
The U.S. Constitution only hints at travel in the First Amendment: "Congress shall make no law ... abridging ... the right of the people peaceably to assemble." But freedom of travel is much more explicitly recognized in the fundamental international documents of human rights than in those of U.S. Constitutional civil liberties:
- "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." -- Universal Declaration of Human Rights , Article 13
- "Everyone lawfully within the territory of a State shall, within that territory, have the right to liberty of movement and freedom to choose his residence. Everyone shall be free to leave any country, including his own.... No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of the right to enter his own country." -- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights , Article 12
- "Liberty of movement is an indispensable condition for the free development of a person." -- United Nations Human Rights Committee, General Comment No. 27: Freedom of movement
Where is my right to travel if I must stay in a country for 90 days. Or that I must leave the country for 90 days. This are the new rules for Thailand. If I dont have the 90 days I must paid a fine from 500 Bhat a day
Posted by: Willem Hendriks, 25 April 2007, 05:26 ( 5:26 AM)"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". i think,in the real moment, this statement not easy to implement.
Posted by: simon, 10 June 2008, 20:04 ( 8:04 PM)
