I stand before the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, France, on December 11, 1948. Yesterday, the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, comprising a preamble and 30 ...

One of the supreme achievements of the victory against 20th-century fascism was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. As ...

Human Rights Day is celebrated every year on December 10 to honor the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948. This important day reminds us of the basic freedoms and ...