There shall be no derogation, restrictions or limitation with regard to
a. the right to life;
b. the prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
or punishment;
c. the prohibition of genocide;
d. the prohibition of slavery, the slave trade and slave-like practices;
e. the prohibition of imprisonment for failure to meet contractual
obligations;
f. the prohibition on retrospective criminalization and the retrospective
imposition of greater penalties for criminal acts;
g. the right to equality and recognition before the law;
h. the right to freedom of conscience, belief, thought and religion and to
academic freedom; or