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Universal Declaration of Human Rights (view source)
Revision as of 19:49, October 28, 2009
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The '''Universal Declaration of Human Rights''' (1948) was a United Nations' definition of basic [[human rights]] as including "life, liberty, and security of person."
The '''Universal Declaration of Human Rights''' (1948) was a United Nations' definition of basic [[human rights]] as including "life, liberty, and security of person."
They can broadly be split into two groups; Articles 4 - 22 outline civil and political rights, such as the right to vote, and the right to freedom of speech; while 23 - 30 give socioeconomic rights, such as the rights to social security, health care, education, and a clean environment. Many of the articles run directly contrary to [[Marxist]] doctrine.
The draft was prepared by France and Canada, with special input from the chief American delegate [[Eleanor Roosevelt]], and unanimously approved.
Echoing the American [[Declaration of Independence]] of 776, article I proclaimed:
:All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
The articles can broadly be split into two groups; Articles 4 - 22 outline civil and political rights, such as the right to vote, and the right to freedom of speech; while 23 - 30 give socioeconomic rights, such as the rights to social security, health care, education, and a clean environment. Many of the articles run directly contrary to [[Marxist]] doctrine.
==Article 18==
==Article 18==