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Writer's pictureLeila Kincaid

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Updated: Jan 15, 2021

The United Nations created a Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 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 of the world, the Declaration was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948 (General Assembly resolution 217 A) as a common standard of achievements for all peoples and all nations. It sets out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected and it has been translated into over 500 languages.


UDHR Multilingual Video


Listen and watch as people from around the world read the Universal Declaration of Human Rights aloud in this video from the United Nations! https://www.un.org/en/udhr-video/





Article 1.

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.


The Universal Declaration of Human Rights has 30 articles. Read them all here!


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