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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