when was the udhr created

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was created and formally adopted on 10 December 1948 by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris.

Key date

• Adoption date: 10 December 1948.

• This date is now marked every year as Human Rights Day.

Quick context

• The UDHR was drafted between 1946 and 1948 by a UN committee chaired by Eleanor Roosevelt.

• It was adopted as UN General Assembly Resolution 217 A (III) at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris.

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