Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Description:

This site provides historical information and documentation on the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It is a joint digitisation project of the UN's Dag Hammarskjöld Library and the Library of the UN Office at Geneva. The site has details of meetings which took place between 1946 and 1948, including meeting records and reports. Documents can be downloaded in English and French. Profiles of members of the Drafting Committee are also given. There are links to further resources, including of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and a guide to the human rights documentation of the United Nations.

Connect to resource:

https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights

Keywords controlled:

drafting

universal declaration of human rights

human rights

treaties

legal history

Type of resource:

Government bodies

Classification:

International Human Rights Law

Civil Rights

Country of origin:

us

Jurisdiction:

International