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Human Richts Text

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Human Richts Text

6th January 2025

It is noo 16 year (2008) fae the General Assemly o the Unitit Nations awned an took-on the bonnie owersettin in Scots o the Universal Declaration o Human Richts. First set oot in 1948, the ettle ahin the Declaration wis tae estaiblish aw the maist ordnar freedoms for Jock Tamson’s bairns, an, in 2004, the makar, musician an screivar, Colin Donati, wis the first body tae pit it intae Scots, the hail 30 airticles comprehendit.

A body can dounlaid the text o Colin Donati’s version in Scots as a PDF ablow.

The’r a soond file o this story in Scots abuin.