This month, we mark the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). History may not exactly repeat itself, but it does have an odd tendency to create striking ...

An attentive review of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights suggests that 70 years on we have not fully averted the kinds of mistakes that the drafters of the UDHR sought to prevent from ...

Someone or some coalition must lead to make progress on global human rights. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) required U.S. leadership in partnership with others or it would not have ...

This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the World Citizenship Movement. As a response to the devastation of World War II, the drafters of the UDHR sought ...

On the evening of Friday, Dec. 10, 1948, the plenary session of the United Nations convened at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris. A robust discussion about a proposed statement on human rights ensued.

This year marks the 75 th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and the World Citizenship Movement (WCM). As a response to the devastation of World War II, the drafters of ...

This year, Human Rights Day marks the 70th anniversary of a historic effort to set forth universally protected human rights. On this day in 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the ...

On Dec. 10, 1948, the world brought into existence the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which established the modern system of human and civil rights as we know it today. It is because of the ...

Human Rights Day is being celebrated across the world. The day acts as a reminder of the freedoms people are entitled to no matter their background and where they are ...

There is a widely shared belief, both within and outside the Muslim world, that Islamic law cannot be reconciled with the modern human rights regime that developed out of the 1948 Universal ...