UDHRDecember 10th,

1948

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WWII ended Concentration

Camps Atomic Bomb

Wobbelin work camp in Germany where prisoners were neglected and starved.

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Created after WWII in 1945 to replace the League of Nations (founded after WWI).

The UN enlists the cooperation of the global community to protect human rights, encourage peace and security, engage in humanitarian affairs (i.e., protection for displaced

people), develop self-sufficient communities (i.e., farming), and collaborate on international laws (i.e., oceans)

QUESTION: Where are UN headquarters? Respond in margin.

United Nations Human Rights Commission was formed to draft the Declaration

Chairman: Former First

Lady Eleanor Roosevelt

QUESTION: Is Eleanor Roosevelt a model of civic virtue? Explain. Respond in margin.

Rene Cassin of France (far right) and Eleanor Roosevelt interview

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First time fundamental human rights are universally protected. 

Preamble with 30 articles

QUESTION: What other documents protect human rights? Respond in the margin Chairman Eleanor Roosevelt holding the

document.

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Chairman Eleanor Roosevelt holding the document.

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•WATCH THE FOLLOWING VIDEO CLIPS

•REFERRING BACK TO THE UDHR

•DETERMINE WHICH RIGHT IS DEPICTED

Pinkert. "Birth of the UDHR: The Adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights." Rev. of Universal Declaration of Human Rights.Suit101.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Oct. 2009. <http://humanrights.suite101.com/article.cfm/adoption_of_the_udhr>.

"Rene Cassin." National Coordinating Committee for UDHR. N.p., 9 July 1998. Web. 15 Oct. 2009. <http://www.udhr.org/history/Biographies/biorc.htm>.

"The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki." atomicarchive.com. National Science Digital Library, 2008. Web. 15 Oct. 2009. <http://www.atomicarchive.com/Docs/MED/med_chp10.shtml>.

"Universal Declaration of Human Rights." Official UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, 2009. Web. 15 Oct. 2009. <http://www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/pages/Introduction.aspx>.

"Universal Declaration of Human Rights." UN. N.p., 2009. Web. 15 Oct. 2009. http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/>.

"Wobbelin Concentration Camp." Invision Power Service. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Oct. 2009. <http//:www.strikehold504th.com/jim/wobbelin504.jpg>.

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