Overview of UDHR & Support

The United Nations and the UDHR

How Universal Rights Emerged & Have Developed

The United Nations

Created on October 25th, 1945

As World War II was about to end in 1945, nations were in ruins, and the world
wanted peace.

Representatives of 50 countries gathered at the United Nations Conference on
International Organization in San Francisco, California from 25 April to 26 June
1945.

In two months they drafted and then signed the UN Charter, which created a new
international organization, the United Nations, which, it was hoped, would prevent
another world war like the one they had just lived through.

Multiple Choice

Why did fifty nations come together to create the United Nations in 1945?

• To create a world government that would fight to protect human rights.

• To create a place where countries could meet, talk and avoid another world war.

• To help western countries impose their culture and will on non-western countries.

• None of these answers reflects why the UN was created.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Formalized on December 10, 1948

in response to the “barbarous acts which outraged
the conscience of mankind” during the Second
World War.

Its adoption recognized human rights to be the
foundation for freedom, justice and peace in the world.

48 countries voted for Declaration and 8 did not vote
(BUT DID NOT VOTE AGAINST).

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The United Nations argued that Universal Human Rights were the foundation for​

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in the world.

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freedom

justice

peace

strength

dignity

security

The Main Principle of the UDHR

“Recognition of the inherent dignity and of

the equal and inalienable rights of all

members of the human familyis the

foundation of freedom, justice, and peace

in the world.” - UNDHR Preamble

Open Ended

What is the main principle of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

Treaties To Make The UDHR Stronger

1.

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide - 1948

2.

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - 1963

3.

The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - 1966

4.

The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) - 1966

5.

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - 1976

6.

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women - 1979

7.

Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment - 1984

8.

Convention on the Rights of the Child - 1989

9.

International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and
Members of Their Families - 1990

10.

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - 2006

11.

International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
- 2010

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UN Treaty Bodies - The People that Monitor the Treaties

1.

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) - 1969

2.

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) - 1976

3.

Human Rights Committee (CCPR) - 1976

4.

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)-
1979

5.

Committee against Torture - 1987

6.

Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 1990

7.

Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW) - 2003

8.

Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment (SPT) - 2006

9.

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) - 2008

10.

Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) - 2010

Multiple Choice

In the late 1960's the UN started supporting the development of these to help them monitor how countries were following the treaty obligations that they signed off on at the UN.

• Treaty Bodies

• a UN Police & Army to help enforce Treaties

• Treaty Laws

• National armies that would intervene on the part of the UN if needed to protect Human Rights.