The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted on this day in 1948 in response to the “barbarous acts which […] outraged the conscience of mankind” during the Second World War.
These are amazing, if only available in practice. Don't know any nation that actually offers them and provides them to everyone! I'm surprised to see nothing which provides individuals a right to decisions about their own bodies (as the Roe v Wade decision and then rescinding by the Supreme Court dealt with in the USA.)
Codex: Good reminder. Wish it had more power of implementation.
ReplyDeleteThese are amazing, if only available in practice. Don't know any nation that actually offers them and provides them to everyone! I'm surprised to see nothing which provides individuals a right to decisions about their own bodies (as the Roe v Wade decision and then rescinding by the Supreme Court dealt with in the USA.)
ReplyDeleteWhat Codex said.
ReplyDeleteThat says it all. Thank you, Sabine.
ReplyDeleteYou'd think that those things would be universally welcome by all people. Unfortunately not.
ReplyDeleteReading that list and understanding the society I live in now breaks my heart.
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Also what Codex said.
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