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30.

Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein.


PLAIN LANGUAGE VERSION:
In all parts of the world, no society, no human being, should take it upon her or himself to act in such a way as to destroy the rights which your have just been reading about.

Illustrated version

NOTES:
Last, but not least, this article states that rights listed in the Universal Declaration can not be used to violate human rights. This applies not only to countries, but also to groups and individuals.

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