Seventy-five years ago on Sunday, the U.N. General Assembly approved the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at a meeting in Paris — laying one of the foundation stones of the international ...

December 10 marked the United Nations Human Rights Day, a day designed by the U.N. to commemorate the U.N. General Assembly adopting, in 1948, the UDHR.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a milestone document in the history of human rights. Drafted by representatives with different legal and cultural backgrounds from all regions ...

FILE — The third United Nations Assembly meets at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, Sept. 22, 1948. The session ended on Dec. 10, 1948, with the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

As noted by former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the original 30 rights in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights have proliferated into more than 1,300 rights provisions in 64 agreements.

The United Nations General Assembly approved the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on Dec. 10, 1948, without a single dissenting vote (although Saudi Arabia, South Africa and the Soviet bloc ...

Print. Dec. 10 marks the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Steven Ratner, left, Expert, Kaari Betty Murungi, center, ...

Re: “Embrace the sanity of 1948 U.N. declaration — Today marks the 75th anniversary of a universal code of human dignity,” by Rick Halperin and John Vernon, Sunday Opinion. Thank you for ...

Seventy-five years ago on Sunday Dec. 10, 2023, the U.N. General Assembly approved the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at a meeting in Paris.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted by the United Nations’ General Assembly in 1948. It was the first attempt to create a global standard of human rights – to define ...