human rights declaration
Universal dignity document
A human rights declaration is a formal document asserting fundamental rights and freedoms belonging to all people.
The term most often refers to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations in 1948, which established benchmarks for dignity, equality, and justice worldwide: The human rights declaration prohibits torture and arbitrary detention.
Various nations and organizations have issued their own declarations addressing specific rights or populations.
- universalAffecting all equally
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- dignityInnate personal worth
- equalitySame status for all
- equal protectionUniform legal treatment
United Nations · 1948 · Eleanor Roosevelt · inalienable · justice · due process · arbitrary detention · sovereignty · torture · asylum · conscience · assembly · speech · freedom of assembly · Geneva · tribunal · persecution · refugees
human rights declarationhuman rights violation
Breach of fundamental dignities
crimes against humanity · Nuremberg Laws · genocide · ethnic cleansing · tyranny
human rights declarationGeneva Conventions
Wartime humanitarian treaties
constitutional amendment · executive order · judicial ruling
human rights declarationracial laws
caste system · segregation laws · refugee ban · dehumanization · othering
human, humans, humane, humanly, humanity, humanities, inhuman, inhumane, superhuman