World history/WHME103/Globalization/Human rights

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US First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt holding the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1949. Mrs Roosevelt played a key role in the creation of the UDHR.

Read the below article. As you do so, consider the following questions:

  • What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
  • What rights do people have?
  • How are these rights monitored and enforced?

Sam McFarland, 'Human Rights 101: A Brief College-Level Overview', Science and Human Rights Coalition, December 2015.


Imagine you were on the UN committee tasked with drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Which right would you argue most vehemently in favor of? Post your answers on our course forum on this topic here: Human Rights.


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