The United Declaration Of Human 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”

“Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status”(UDHR). A declaration issued on December 10, 1948 by the United nations national assembly “an expression of the fundamental values which are shared by all members of the international community”( ).Although this may be true the reality that individuals misuse the power they have or are given is very common in our current society. When thinking of the abuse of power we think of someone who abuses their position to get information or to take advantage of a situation, and or to hold the power they have over another person. The misuse of power is a common occurrence in society, which requires victims to overcome it by stepping up or coming together as one to take back the rights we are all given as human beings.

Human rights - they are an ongoing issue in the world today, with the constant struggle against violation. The United Nations has accepted 30 articles on human rights, which help protect millions from political, social, and legal abuses (UDHR). Even with the insistence from the world’s leaders to follow and honor these rights, violation is common and provides a serious threat to people all over the world. One example of a violation of human rights such as equality and safety in possessions is shown through the issue of Japanese American internment camps (UDHR).

I intend to discuss these issues while also discussing why it is important for these issues to be highlighted in this document. Firstly, the issues of personal rights are acknowledged at the beginning of the document. “Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions may be founded only upon the general good” . At this time, to be equal meant the end of legal differences.

The Article 1 of the UDHR provides that “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights”

The Declaration of Independence and the UDHR are both documents used as guidelines for human rights. The Declaration of Independence was created in July of 1776 and its sole purpose was to inform nations why the colonies separated themselves from Great Britain. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was created December of 1948. The purpose was for countries to agree upon universal human rights.

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The ACHPR (African Charter of Human and People’s Rights) is an unique and interesting document, like the GLP, it recognizes the evolution of all rights. That all generations of rights are recognized; that they are not absolute, and they must also benefit the generations in the future. This is unique, since, most doctrines of human rights do not recognize the importance of future generations. In the UDHR, there is no clause reflecting this vitality, while situated in the preamble of the ACHOR, it states:

To summarize, all thirty articles written in the UDHR document is important for all human beings. However, some are more critical than the others in a way that gives people the right to be treat equally despite all other differences. Article 12 is essential because it gives people to autonomy of themselves and the liberty to make personal choices without been spy on.

“Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, color, sex, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status,” is what the Article 2 of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights stating. This statement tries to encourage people to dismiss any discrepancy between human beings and try to make a world where this statement comes as truth to everyone. However, this is not a solemn statement which has been violated in the past until now. As a contrast to the statement, there are many kinds of prejudice and discrimination ongoing

The UDHR preceded a range of international conventions, declarations, and other treaties that have followed the tradition. The universality of the UDHR to this day remains as a subject of debate. If everyone, simply by virtue of their humanity, is entitled the right to food, shelter, freedom of speech, education, etc. how is is possible that millions of people around the world have their human rights violated everyday? The truth is that the UDHR has never had the force of law. Contrary to belief, it is not at all easy to universally enforce human rights or to punish transgressors of them as, despite being highly authoritative and respective, human rights are not a law. Thus, when they are violated, the mechanisms to address these violations

While the UDHR is derived from European cultures, it is applicable to other cultures, because they are based on normative ethics. Cultures are also malleable and can change, therefore, even if one of the articles is not accepted in the culture as a right, that can change. However, how they are influenced to change raises ethical questions. Despite cultural differences,

The doctrine of human rights were created to protect every single human regardless of race, gender, sex, nationality, sexual orientation and other differences. It is based on human dignity and the belief that no one has the right to take this away from another human being. The doctrine states that every ‘man’ has inalienable rights of equality, but is this true? Are human rights universal? Whether human rights are universal has been debated for decades. There have been individuals and even countries that oppose the idea that human rights are for everybody. This argument shall be investigated in this essay, by: exploring definitions and history on human rights, debating on whether it is universal while providing examples and background

Every single human being on this planet has rights. These rights are given to us through birth, and the day I was asked, what my human rights were, I found myself speechless. I did not know how to answer the question, which at the time sounded so easy. I forgot about the question that had me so puzzled, and just brushed it off, ironically six month later I get an assignment on the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. After reading this historic document, I realized how important human rights are. I believe most people take human rights for granted, we know they exist, but we don’t even know what they are

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is the document that confirms that every member of a society should have those rights protected. Article 7 in the UDHR argues that “All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination.” The concept of the Responsibility to Protect is therefore more than justifiable when the State is incapable or indisposed to guarantee those rights.