Comparing The Universal Declaration Of Human Rights And Violation Of International Bill Of Rights

“Ideas about human rights have evolved over many centuries. But they achieved strong international support following the Holocaust and World War II. To protect future generations from a repeat of these horrors, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948 and invited states to sign and ratify it”

This research is based on the “universalist” theory of human rights. The Universalist theory supposes that human rights are universal since they are said to belong to all humans in every society. Human rights are also supposed to be inalienable; because they flow from and protect human existence, they cannot be taken away without endangering the value of that existence. However, these universal and inalienable qualities of human rights are disputable in both their conception and operation (Heard A, 1997).

World War II’s atrocities and the Four Freedoms and Atlantic Charter sparked calls for a new global order ruled by universal rights for all of humanity. The war crimes trials of German officials showed that the international community would hold individuals accountable for violations of human rights. In 1948, the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which declared that all people should have basic rights to freedom of speech and religion, should be free from arbitrary government, and should enjoy social and economic entitlements such as housing, education, healthcare, and an adequate standard of living. Though the document could not be enforced anywhere, its assertion that governments were accountable for the way they treated their citizens became widely

Documents to protect them but instead they are violated in the U.S daily . Many

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is the unique and an important document which is translated into different languages all over world. It is based upon idea of promoting freedom, justice and peace and it provides a set of uniform standards that were adopted by the United Nations General Assembly with the support of forty-eight countries.

The “Universal Declaration of Human Rights” was created, after the Holocaust, in 1948. The terrible unfair treatment that occurred, during the Holocaust, most likely helped to create many of the articles in the “Universal Declaration of Human RIghts.” Articles such as, Article 2 Article 3, Article 5, and Article 12 are some of the articles that would have been violated during the time of the Holocaust.

Dated back to December 10, 1948, Eleanor Roosevelt and UN General Assembly drafted the declaration in which we know as The Universal of Human Rights because of the Cold War. This declaration sought forward as an attempt to define the inner logic of the history, correspondingly saving humanity from diverse problem and offer a productive social organization. Within its document the declaration analyzes a system of elaborated and coordinated rules in which the world community can use as guidelines for an adequate standard of living. By drafting the Declaration, Eleanor and the UN made it the perfection solution for escaping social inequity, wars, violence, and compulsion against human beings. It was for these thirty article of rights that set

Thursday, December 10, marks the 67th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations General Assembly, which recognized that “all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.”

In 10 December 1948 “The Universal declaration of human rights” was declared to protect the freedom of every human being of the planet. These human rights were declared as the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world. After World War II, a committee heated by Mrs. Roosevelt wrote a special document and its main purpose was to bring peace around the world. Although human rights was declared to give freedom and rights to every living being in the planet, I claim that not all of the human right is protected, one of which I believe is violation of women’s right because of gender discrimination, education and increasing women poverty and violence against women.

The Declaration was adopted on December 10, 1948 at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, France. This document contains 30 articles on human rights. The first article and maybe the most important states that all people are born free and equal in dignity and rights. This statement sets the stage for the following 29 articles. So far there have been 48 countries vote in favor of the document. Many larger countries such as China, The United States, The United Kingdom, Afghanistan, Egypt and the list goes on and on have accepted the document. Although this document has been accepted that does not mean that their are still not violations of the document. Human rights are not as pressing of an issue in first world countries but it is perhaps one of the largest if not the largest issue in third world countries. There has also been many smaller countries sign the document such as The Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Costa Rica to name a few. Although America is one of the leaders for human rights that does not mean they are incapable of doing wrong. For example many would say that the Guantanamo Bay Prison was a violation of human rights because terrorists were sent there to be tortured so information could be obtained. This brings up the question do prisoners found guilty of crimes lose their rights as normal citizens? Many would agree that it is ok for terrorists who pose a large threat to citizens

Accepted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is comprised of a preamble and thirty articles. Each article delineates a specific right that every human, either from the sake of being human and/or being part of the collective of humanity, is forever entitled to. On the flip side, the preamble is comprised of seven clauses that taken together accommodate the historical evolution, context, and reasoning behind the document’s inscription. Finally, at the end of the preamble is the declaration’s proclamation, whose inclusion solidifies the documents global significance.

The Universal Declaration of Human rights was adopted in the UN general assembly by the 10th December 1948. This is the first time that the world recognized that everyone had the right to enjoy freedom of speech, freedom of religion and freedom from fear and want, and many other rights. International human rights come along way; before there was no rights. The idea of having rights that led to the development of international human rights takes time. There are benchmarks developments in international human rights that pre-date the UDHR. The UDHR benchmark includes the following topic :The Magna Carta, Treaty of Westphalia (1648) , French and US revolution(18th century), and lastly, the World War I and World War II. Each of the benchmarks contributed on shaping our current conception of international human rights.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in December 1948, provides in Article 10 that: everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him.

The right to education is identified as the most fundamental human right and is understood to ensure primary education is compulsory for children of all ages. Education is intrinsically valuable as society’s most effective tool for personal empowerment, enhancing human dignity through its knowledge, wisdom and understanding. My question is, why are people still being deprived of one right that representatives from every country have promised the whole world?

1. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted 10 December 1948 UNGA Res 217 A(III)(UDHR) art 5.