What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a unique achievement of collaboration between nations. It was adopted and proclaimed by the General Assembly of the United Nations On December 10, 1948. In many ways, it is one of the pillar of the United Nations which was founded 3 years before, at the end of the second World War in 1945.
Under Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt’s direction (the wife of American President Franklin Roosevelt), the Human Rights Commission wrote this special document. It declares the rights that everyone in the entire world should have. Today there are 192 member states of the UN, all of whom have signed on in agreement with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
You can find the full text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights from the UN website.
The Simplified Version
The simplified version of these human rights for young people reads as follow:
- We Are All Born Free & Equal.
- Don’t Discriminate.
- The Right to Life.
- No Slavery.
- No Torture.
- You Have Rights No Matter Where You Go.
- We’re All Equal Before the Law.
- Your Human Rights Are Protected by Law.
- No Unfair Detainment.
- The Right to Trial.
- We’re Always Innocent Till Proven Guilty.
- The Right to Privacy. Nobody should try to harm our good name.
- Freedom to Move.
- The Right to Seek a Safe Place to Live.
- Right to a Nationality.
This is the full text of the simplified version for young people.
Video of the Declaration
This is a beautiful video which features the full text of the universal declaration of human rights. Camille discovered it on the web and submitted for extra-credit.
If you also want to receive extra-credit, try to guess which program was used to make this video and write it as a comment below.
