About Human Rights

Today, human rights are universal in the sense that the General Assembly of the United Nations has adopted international declarations about human rights, such as the 1948 Universal Declaration. Many countries have acceded to this Declaration and to other binding human rights instruments. Several regions of the world have also adopted their own human rights instruments. The Council of Europe has adopted the European Convention on Human Rights, North and South America have one for the American continent, African countries have the 1986 African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, and draft Asian and Arab charters exist as well.

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