Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Details

Instance of

customary international law, declaration, statute, written work, non-binding resolution

Inception

10 December 1948

Publication date

1940

Part of

International Bill of Human Rights

Has parts

article 9 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Author

United Nations General Assembly, United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights Drafting Committee

Genre

legal act

Main subject

human rights

Depicts

arbitrary arrest and detention, presumption of innocence, right to an effective remedy, due process, right to a fair trial, freedom of thought, freedom of expression, right to property, right to work, right to health, right to a social and international order, right to housing

applies to jurisdiction

member states of the United Nations

collection

Chaillot Palace

facet of

human rights

has version, edition or translation

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Swedish edition), Universal Declaration of Human Rights (fo), Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Chinese edition), Q15724269, Universal Declaration of Human Rights (sk edition), Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Russian edition), Universal Declaration of Human Rights (ro edition), Universal Declaration of Human Rights (pt edition), Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Polish edition), Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Latin edition), Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Italian edition), Universal Declaration of Human Rights (id edition)

legislated by

United Nations General Assembly

mandates

human rights

native label

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

number of pages

6

place of publication

Paris

published in

United Nations General Assembly Resolution 217

short name

UDHR

time period

contemporary literature

title

Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Declaración Universal de los Derechos Humanos, 世界人权宣言, Всеобщая декларация прав человека, Déclaration universelle des droits de l'homme, الإعلان العالمي لحقوق الإنسان, Zal'shɛŋa ŋan kpaŋsir' zɔsimdi ni naŋbaŋ yini andunia tiŋgbana sunsuuni, 世界人權宣言

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