Universal Declaration of Human Rights

International document that enshrines the rights and freedoms of human beings

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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is an international document adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948. It enshrines the rights and freedoms of human beings and is not legally binding. It is one of the three documents in The International Bill of Human Rights.

To read about the relevance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to you as an activist, check out the article on The International Bill of Human Rights.

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Amnesty International. Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Retrieved 13.11.2020.

United Nations (1948). Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

United Nations (1966). International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

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