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Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
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Universal Declaration of Human RightsDeclaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948. Drafted by a committee chaired by Eleanor Roosevelt, it was adopted without dissent but with eight abstentions. Among its 30 articles are definitions of civil and political rights (including the rights to life, liberty, and a fair trial) as well as definitions of economic, social, and cultural rights (including the right to social security and to participation in the cultural life of one's community), all of which are owed by UN member states to those under their jurisdiction. It has acquired more juridical status than originally intended and has been widely used, even by national courts, as a means of judging compliance with member states' human-rights obligations. The declaration has been the foundation of the work of nongovernmental organizations such as Amnesty International. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The amassed weight of the international community would be put upon a transgressor state--again, a primary design of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The right to change one's religion or belief was first articulated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which states that "everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance". Section 2, which describes the legislative "findings" supporting the measure, asserts that the rights of mankind "are recognized in the Declaration of Independence of the United States and in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of the United Nations"; it also claims that "the right to democracy was affirmed as a human right by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights on April 27, 1999. |
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