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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. |
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As a result of Executive Order 13107, two Bay Area coalitions, in the State of California, are transforming themselves in 1999 into Universal Declaration on Human Rights 50th-Plus committees, to join the peoples of all nations in demanding that Governments publicize the United Nations treaty law, report on enforcement and its failures, and step up education at all levels of government and among transnationals and non-governmental organizations. |
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