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8. Right to the presumption of innocence until guilt has been proven. 9. Right to debartment from conviction for an act which was not a penal offence at the time it was committed. 10. Right to freedom from arbitrary interference with privacy, family, home or correspondence. 11. Right to freedom of movement and residence, including the right to leave any country and to return to ones country. 12. Right to asylum.
13. Right to a nationality. 14. Right to contract marriage and find a family. 15. Right to own property. 16. Right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. 17. Right to freedom of opinion and expression. 18. Right to participation in the government of ones country. 19. Right to equal access to public service in ones country.
8. Right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other circumstances beyond ones control. 9. Right to protection of motherhood and childhood. 10. Right to education, with parents having prior right to choose their childrens type of education.
11. Right to participation in the cultural life of ones community. 12. Right to protection of the moral and material interest resulting from ones authorship of scientific, literary or artistic producations.
5. Right to every consideration of his privacy concerning his own medical care program. 6. Right to expect that all communication and records pertaining to his care should be treated as confidential. 7. Right that within its capacity, a hospital must make reasonable response to the request of patient for services. 8. Right to obtain information s to any relationship of the hospital to other health care and educational institutions in so far as his care is concerned.
9. Right to be advised if the hospital proposes to engage in or perform human experimentation affecting his care or treatment. 10. Right to expect reasonable continuity of care; right to know in advance what appointment time the physicians are available and where. 11. Right to examine and receive an explanation of his bill regardless of source of payment. 12. Right to know what hospital rules and regulations apply to his conducts as a patient.