Human Rights

Even though the ideas about rights and liberty have been in the minds of humans since the begin of history. It was not until the middle of the last century that an universal declaration of human rights was adopted by mostly all of the countries in the world.

The basis of the Declaration of human rights can be traced back to recent human history. Some of those basis are:  English Bill of Rights (1689), United States Declaration of Independence (1776), French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789).

After World War II, the world has experienced many civil and social rights violations, therefore the need for a global consensus of human rights was prevailing. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights began to be written after the World War II by John Peters Humphrey, then it was finished by Rene Cassin. On December 10th, 1948 the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations by a vote of 48 in favor, 0 against, with 8 abstentions.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a big advance and a great “law tool”, which is there to ensure our rights to be free and do whatever we want to do without harming any other human beings. Therefore is one of our most valuable possessions, this means that we have to   make sure it is not violated by any person, organization or country.