UDHR

How the Universal Declaration of Human Rights can guide governments through the turmoil of 2024

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Monday, February 5, 2024
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In a landscape of seemingly increasing global crises, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) celebrated its 75th anniversary in December 2023.

Key Points: 
  • In a landscape of seemingly increasing global crises, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) celebrated its 75th anniversary in December 2023.
  • However, 75 years on, the world is facing major human rights challenges again.
  • Human rights violations are being regularly reported in conflicts, most recently in Ukraine and Gaza.

What is the UDHR?

  • While not legally binding, the document aims to provide a “common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations”.
  • It has proved significant in the intervening decades, laying down provisions that have informed the binding international human rights treaties, subsequently enacted by the UN.
  • This was also the case for global security as well as environmental and financial crises in the 1990s and 2000s.
  • Over the years, the UDHR has been consistently referred to as a steadfast cornerstone of human rights internationally.

The UDHR today

  • As in earlier decades in times of emergency, conflict and global change, states do not always fully implement the rights contained in the UDHR.
  • The fundamental protections outlined in this document, adopted in 1948, still have an enduring and guiding role, although significant challenges to these protections remain.


Kathryn McNeilly has received funding from the Leverhulme Trust.

2023 UN Day Global Leadership Award Recipients Announced

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Friday, September 29, 2023
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DALLAS, Sept. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Dallas Chapter of the United Nations Association of the USA, a grassroots organization, devoted to strengthening the US-UN relationship through public education and advocacy, announced its 2023 Honorees – an extraordinary group of North Texas individuals and organizations, for their bold, transformative work shifting the world onto a more sustainable and resilient path. This year's recipients, who through their organizations and body of work, have helped advance gender equality, health equity, humanitarianism, climate action, and more.

Key Points: 
  • This year's recipients, who through their organizations and body of work, have helped advance gender equality, health equity, humanitarianism, climate action, and more.
  • The 2023 Global Leadership recipients will be honored at a luncheon followed by an awards ceremony.
  • This year marks the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and serves as the theme for UN Day 2023.
  • With its 30 articles, the UDHR serves as a constant reminder that human rights are universal, indivisible, and essential for a just and harmonious global community.

Learn About the Role Women Had in Creating the Declaration of Human Rights and the Video Contest That Aims to Empower Young People

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Tuesday, January 10, 2023
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Women have left an indelible mark on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).

Key Points: 
  • Women have left an indelible mark on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).
  • Through advocating for particular rights to appear as articles or changing the very language of the text, women have influenced the shape of the Declaration since its inception.
  • Ahead of this milestone celebration is this year's Human Rights Day on December 10th.
  • The contest is designed so that students from all backgrounds can participate without needing expensive equipment or prior video editing skills.