最能体现国际社会现代文明理念、潮流和共识的纲领性文件,莫过于联合国《世界人权宣言》。联合国《世界人权宣言》第十三条第二款规定:“人人有权离开任何国家,包括其本国在内,并有权返回他的国家”。英文原文是:“The UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS Article 13. (2) Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.”(http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/)