incompatible with the international legal obligations of that State, including those in the
field of human rights.
2. This Declaration shall not prejudice the enjoyment of the rights accorded by
domestic law and of the rights which under international law a State is obliged to
accord to aliens, even where this Declaration does not recognize such rights or
recognizes them to a lesser extent.
Article 3
Every State shall make public its national legislation or regulations affecting aliens.
Article 4
Aliens shall observe the laws of the State in which they reside or are present and
regard with respect the customs and traditions of the people of that State.
Article 5
1. Aliens shall enjoy, in accordance with domestic law and subject to the relevant
international obligations of the State in which they are present, in particular the
following rights:
(a) The right to life and security of person; no alien shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest
or detention; no alien shall be deprived of his or her liberty except on such grounds and
in accordance with such procedures as are established by law;
(b) The right to protection against arbitrary or unlawful interference with privacy, family,
or correspondence;
(c) The right to be equal before the courts, tribunals and all other organs and
authorities administering justice and, when necessary, to free assistance of an
interpreter in criminal proceedings and, when prescribed by law, other proceedings;
(d) The right to choose a spouse, to marry, to found a family;
(e) The right to freedom of thought, opinion, conscience and religion; the right to
manifest their religion or beliefs, subject only to such limitations as are prescribed by
law and are necessary to protect public safety, order, health or morals or the
fundamental rights and freedoms of others;
(f) The right to retain their own language, culture and tradition;
(g) The right to transfer abroad earnings, savings or other personal monetary assets,
subject to domestic currency regulations.
2. Subject to such restrictions as are prescribed by law and which are necessary in a
democratic society to protect national security, public safety, public order, public health
or morals or the rights and freedoms of others, and which are consistent with the other
rights recognized in the relevant international instruments and those set forth in this
Declaration, aliens shall enjoy the following rights:
(a) The right to leave the country;