Article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights declares, "No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his ...

And with this change in status came rights for the individual, at least for white males. The 20th century is considered to be the Century of Human Rights. This dynamic reached its zenith in 1948 with ...

Universal human rights, whether you like it or not Ken Wiwa Special to The Globe and Mail Published December 14, 2002 ...

The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was the silver lining on the blackest cloud in history — a century not half complete that included two calamitous world wars ...

The declaration isn’t a law itself but it has influenced and formed the basis of human rights treaties and international laws around the world, according to the United Nations.

In any case, while researching the recent presentation, I found my attention drawn to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). It was demanded by the necessities arising from the horror ...

And who never give up on the universal dream. Their cases are at the heart of Amnesty International’s Write for Rights campaign this year. Dec. 10, 1948.

History In the name of humanity: Recognizing 75 years since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights On Dec. 10, 1948, the United Nations adopted an aspirational document articulating the foundations ...

circa 1949: Eleanor Roosevelt holding a copy of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, created in large part thanks to the work of Canadian law professor, John P Humphrey Photo Credit: wiki ...

In honor of the 75th anniversaries of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Convention on Genocide, a group of activists discussed a variety of topics at the Fletcher Free Library ...

The event took place 20 March during the 69th Commission on the Status of Women, a panel of experts discussing those women who helped draft and adopt the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.