... written. The rights proclaimed in the UDHR fall into two categories: civic and political rights and economic and social rights. The first ten fall into the former category, these rights have been recognised in constitutions and laws throughout the world ever since 1948. Since then it has been and "rightly and continues to be, the most important and far-reaching of all UN declarations, and a fundamental source of inspiration for national and international efforts to promote and to protect human rights and fundamental freedoms"1. The declaration's 3 principle drafters were J. P. Humphrey, R. Cassin and Eleanor Roosevelt (wife of the late US president); the latter headed an 8 member drafting committee for the declaration. When the UDHR was written it was intended for "every individual and every organ of society"2, and its motivation was to "turn naturalistic nonsense into hard-nosed positive rights"3 The first ten articles deal directly with life ...

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