ID | 122437 |
Title Proper | Re-looking the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) |
Other Title Information | a religio-cultural perspective |
Language | ENG |
Author | Sharan, Shankar |
Publication | 2013. |
Summary / Abstract (Note) | The time it was written the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was a very appropriate document. Prepared at the aftermath of the World War II it was a response to the unspeakable harm suffered by millions immediately before, at the hands of Nazism and Communism. Both these regimes, in the countries they ruled treated people inhumanly with tortures and killings at will. To the outside world their common refrain, if at all, was that it is their internal affair. The UDHR tried to reject this attitude of dictatorial and totalitarian regimes. Thus, human rights of everyone were formulated as independent of the work one does for living or the place one lives in. Human rights are the rights of everybody in the world because one is human being. All people, irrespective of the country or political system, are equally entitled to them. This way the UDHR was a standard narration of what human rights mean. Adopted by the United Nations in 1948, the thirty articles of this declaration is a basic text to understand and uphold human rights. |
`In' analytical Note | Dialogue Vol. 14, No.4; Apr-Jun 2013: p.45-54 |
Journal Source | Dialogue Vol. 14, No.4; Apr-Jun 2013: p.45-54 |
Key Words | Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) ; Nazism ; Communism ; Human Rights ; Helsinki Watch ; Soviet Bloc ; United States Bloc ; Mahatma Gandhi |