The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is generally agreed to be the foundation of international human rights law. Adopted in 1948, the UDHR has inspired a rich body of legally binding ...

Watch and listen to people around the world reading articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in more than 80 languages.

A collection of United Nations documents associated with the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, these volumes facilitate research into the scope of, meaning of and intent behind ...

1 Cuba has stated that its domestic legislation complies with the UDHR,2 but this ... The Universal Declaration constitutes a basic yardstick to measure any country's human rights performance.