Which characters?
In general, there is no ambiguity in the selection of Unicode
characters to represent a given text. However, there are few
situations which are a bit more delicate. Below are the generally
applicable rules we follow; for rules which are specific to a
language, see the notes for that language (accessible the
translation lists).
The rules we follow are not necessarily universal: they are
designed to work well for the text of the UDHR, which is entirely
ordinary text (no math, etc).
We use U+0020 ‘ ’ SPACE ambiguously for
all spaces, and do not use U+00A0 ‘ ’ NO-BREAK
SPACE or U+202F ‘ ’ NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE.
We prefer to not use U+002D - HYPHEN-MINUS because it
is an ambiguous character. Instead, we use U+2010 ‐ HYPHEN or
U+2013 – EN DASH as appropriate. Another related character is
U+2212 − MINUS SIGN, but there is no need for it in the
UDHR. (Note: not all translations have been updated to follow this
rule).
The texts are in no particular normal form.