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 order ...

The United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on 10 December 1948. Considered to be the most important memorandum on civil liberties, this document set the standard in a ...

COMMENTARY: The document’s Dec. 10 anniversary is a reminder not to give up on its noble aim of recognizing the dignity of each and every human being. Eleanor Roosevelt holding poster of the Universal ...

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights will mark its 77th anniversary on Dec. 10. The document was adopted by the United ...

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, Whereas disregard ...

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights celebrated its 75th birthday on Sunday. The document comprises 30 articles outlining a range of human rights, including the right to life, liberty and ...

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights' 75th anniversary comes amid many profound challenges to human rights worldwide. Yet the Declaration's commitment to all persons' dignity and human rights ...

I recently had the opportunity to give a presentation to a group of human rights workers during a training at Human Rights Watch. As is always the case when I prepare and deliver a presentation, and ...

I believe in the cause of universal human rights. The presentation was far-ranging, moving from basic trauma theory, to a discussion of dissociation as a response to distress, moral injury (more on ...