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The '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is the basis of all [[human rights]] agreements subsequently agreed between and among peoples and states, including the [[UN Convention on the Rights of the Child]] to which most [[intactivist]]s refer when argueing pro children's rights and the protection of children against harm and violence.
{{WikipediaQuote |URL=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights |title=Universal Declaration of Human Rights}}
<blockquote>
The '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' (UDHR) is an international document adopted by the United Nations General Assembly that enshrines the rights and freedoms of all human beings. Drafted by a UN committee chaired by Eleanor Roosevelt, it was accepted by the General Assembly as Resolution 217 during its third session on 10 December 1948 at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, France.<ref name="HRL">{{REFweb
|title=Human Rights Law
|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813084117/https://www.un.org/en/sections/universal-declaration/human-rights-law/index.html
|archived=yes
|publisher=United Nations
|date=2020-08-13
|accessdate=2024-06-05
}}</ref> Of the 58 members of the United Nations at the time, 48 voted in favour, none against, eight abstained, and two did not vote.<ref>{{REFweb
|title=A/RES/217(III)
|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121232151/http://unbisnet.un.org:8080/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=14O243550E15G.60956&profile=voting&uri=full=3100023~!909326~!676&ri=1&aspect=power&menu=search&source=~!horizon
|archived=yes
|publisher=UNBISNET
|date=2019-01-21
|accessdate=2024-06-05
}}</ref>
[...]
All 193 member states of the United Nations have ratified at least one of the nine binding treaties influenced by the Declaration, with the vast majority ratifying four or more.<ref name="HRL"/> While there is a wide consensus that the declaration itself is non-binding and not part of customary international law, there is also a consensus that many of its provisions are binding and have passed into customary social law,<ref>{{REFbook
|last=Steiner
|first=Henry J
|init=HJ
|last2=Alston
|first2=Philip
|init2=P
|title=International Human Rights in Context: Law, Politics, Morals
|edition=2
|publisher=Oxford University Press
|location=Oxford
|year2000
}}</ref><ref>{{REFweb
|last=Hannum
|first=Hurst
|init=H
|title=The universal declaration of human rights in National and International Law
|url=https://cdn2.sph.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2014/04/16-Hannum.pdf
|page=145
|format=PDF
|accessdate=2024-06-05
}}</ref> although courts in some nations have been more restrictive on its legal effect.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Posner
|first=Eric
|date=2014-12-04
|title=The case against human rights
|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2014/dec/04/-sp-case-against-human-rights
|publisher=The Guardian
|ISSN=0261-3077
|accessdate=2024-06-05
}}</ref><ref>Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain, 542 U.S. 692, 734 (2004).</ref> Nevertheless, the UDHR has influenced legal, political, and social developments on both the global and national levels, with its significance partly evidenced by its 530 translations.<ref>{{REFweb
|title=OHCHR | Universal Declaration of Human Rights Main
|url=https://www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/Pages/UDHRIndex.aspx
|website=www.ohchr.org
|accessdate=2024-06-05
}}</ref>
</blockquote>
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Human rights]]
{{LINKS}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://www.ohchr.org/en/human-rights/universal-declaration/translations/english
|title=Universal Declaration of Human Rights - English
|publisher=United Nations Department of Public Information, NY
|accessdate=2024-06-05
}}
* {{URLwikipedia|History_of_human_rights|History of human rights|2024-06-05}}
{{REF}}