POLI 388 Lecture 7: ((((())))) POLI-388 Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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The fundamental principles of the universal declaration of human rights and its application in recent decades. Concordia university, 2013: the un charter contains a number of articles specifically referring to as human rights. In 1946, the un commission on human rights (unchr), chaired by eleanor roosevelt submitted a draft universal declaration of human rights (udhr) drafted by the canadian academic from. Mcgill university, john p. humphrey, to the un general assembly (unga): the assembly adopted the declaration in paris on 10 december 1948. This day was later designated human rights day. In a simplified form, here is its content: all human beings are born free and have their our personal thoughts and ideas. Whatever the circumstances, he or she is a person just like any other. By the same token, a person cannot be deported from his/her own country and be denied his or her citizenship.