EthosIt's fair to call the Universal Declaration of Human Rights a list of ethical principles. Human rights philosophy, as contained in this document, is one of the most important ethical systems i...

ListThe declaration is a list of articles, with each article naming a human right. The articles range from specific (no torture, no slavery) to kind of, sort of vague (everyone has duties to the co...

Formal, Resolute Though it's not the most difficult text to read, the UDHR also isn't poetry. International treaties written by committee tend not to be. Like in any good declaration, there are ple...

The original idea behind the UDHR was to create an international bill of rights that would have the force of international law. The drafting committee behind the document settled on a declaration,...

Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world […]. (Preamble....

Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and...

(3) Base Camp Thankfully, the actual text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights respects your human right to not be confused. This document is a pretty easy read, for a few reasons…Structu...

In-Text ReferencesHistorical and Political ReferencesColonialism (2.2)Declaration of Independence (3.1)Four Freedoms (Preamble.2)Holocaust (Preamble.2)United Nations (Preamble.5-6, Preamble.8, 14.2...

Eleanor Roosevelt, chairwoman of the drafting committee for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, was nicknamed "Granny" when she was still a child. Evidently she had the personality of an old...