Tag: Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Universal Declaration of Human Rights: a 70-year-old aspiration

Paris, France | AFP | Friday 12/7/2018 – 02:59 UTC+1 |  by Claude CASTERAN On December 10, 1948 — three years after the Allied victory over the Nazis — the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the hopes of creating a better world after the horrors of the war. It was the first time that countries agreed on fundamental rights and freedoms to be protected on a universal scale, for all people. It was also one of […]

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Every month of December, we celebrate Human Rights Month. To gain better understanding of your rights as a citizen,  here is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as adopted by the United Nations General Assembly of 1948.