Article 21

A Close Friend by Jim White

Texts for supplementary reading

Speak about the Environmental Protection.

(My friend`s appearance and personality)

Jacques has been my close friend for two years. I first met him on a school exchange trip to Calais, France. I asked him the way to the library and we started talking. We've been friends ever since.
Jacques is quite good-looking. He's tall and slim, with olive skin and curly dark hair. Like many French people, he has a great sense of style, so he always looks well-dressed even in casual clothes.
Jacques is very outgoing. He is always friendly and loves to have fun. He's got a fantastic sense of humour and he always makes me laugh. However, he can be a bit immature at times. For example, when he doesn't get what he wants, he acts childishly and stamps his feet.
Jacques is very keen on water sports. He likes sailing and he spends a lot of time on his boat. He enjoys scuba diving, too, and loves exploring life under sea.
All in all, I'm glad to have Hacques as my friend. It's a pleasure to be with him and I really enhoy his company. I'm sure we'll always be close friends.

Human and Citizens' Rights, Freedoms and Duties

(from the Constitution of Ukraine)

• All people are free and equal in their dignity and rights.
• Human rights and freedoms are inalienable and inviolable.

Article 24
• Citizens have equal constitutional rights and freedoms and are equal before the law.
• There shall be no privileges or restrictions based on race, colour of skin, political, religious and other beliefs, sex, ethnic and social origin, property status, place of residence, linguistic or other characteristics.
• Equality of the rights of women and men is ensured: by providing women with opportunities equal to those of men, in public and political, and cultural activity, in obtaining education and in professional training, in work and its remuneration; by spe cial measures for the protection of work and health of women; by establishing pension privileges, by creating conditions that allow women to combine work and motherhood; by legal protection, material and moral support of motherhood and childhood, including the provision of paid leaves and other privileges to pregnant women and mothers.

Article 28
• Everyone has the right to respect of his or her dignity.
• No one shall be subjected to torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment that violates his or her dignity.
• No person shall be subjected to medical, scientific or other experiments without his or her free consent.

Article 31
• Everyone is guaranteed privacy of mail, telephone conversations, telegraph and other correspondence. Exceptions shall be established only by a court in cases envisaged by law, with the purpose of preventing crime or ascertaining the truth in the cour se of the investigation of a criminal case, if it is not possible to obtain information by other means.

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