(1) Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.
(2) Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author.
The United Nations’ statement of Article 27 is one of 30 human rights. These rights protect people of every race, color and creed from the atrocities of destruction such as a World War. Or the Holocaust. The final draft of Article 27 was authored as part of the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in a committee overseen by First Lady of the United States, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt. The complete text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights can be found at humanrights.com. The Article 27 Music Project is dedicated to promoting Article 27 in today’s music world.
