SJS 165 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: United Nations General Assembly, Eleanor Roosevelt, Human Rights First

• School: Miami University
• Department: Social Justice Studies
• Course: SJS 165
• Professor: Harris

Document Summary

Adopted by un general assembly december 10, 1948. Internationally vowed to not allow atrocities like that to happen again. Un charter decided to create a road map to guarantee rights of all individuals everywhere. First session of the general assemby occured in 1946. Would have a formal drafting committee that contained members from eight states. Commission of human rights consisted of 18 members with various political, cultural, and religious backgrounds. Other members include rene cassin of france, charles malik of lebanon, Vice chairman peng chung chang of china, and john humphrey of. The first draft of the declaration was proposed in september 1948 with 50 member states present for the final draft. Eight nations abstained from the vote that passed it but none were against it. International human rights laws are not enforcable until and unless the are implemented at the local, state, and federal level. International courts lack ability to directly enforce their decisions in the.