Declaración Universal de los Derechos Humanos

La Declaración Universal de los Derechos Humanos es una declaración adoptada por la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas el 10 de diciembre de 1948. La Declaración emergió directamente desde la experiencia de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y representa a la primera expresión de derechos a cuales todos seres humanos tienen derecho. Consiste de 30 artículos que han sido expandidos en diferentes tratados internacionales, instrumentos de derechos humanos, constituciones nacionales y leyes. La Carta Internacional de los Derechos Humanos incluye tanto la Declaración como el Covenento Internacional de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales y el Covenento Internacional de Derechos Civiles y Económicos y sus dos Protocolos Opcionales.

Conmemoración: Día Internacional de los Derechos Humanos

El día 10 de diciembre cada año se conoce como Día de los Derechos Humanos, y marca la adopción de la Declaración Universal.

Referencias

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Lectura

• Johannes Morsink, "The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Origins, Drafting and Intent" (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999).
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights pages at Columbia University (Center for the Study of Human Rights), including article by article commentary, video interviews, discussion of meaning, drafting and history.
• John Nurser, "For All Peoples and All Nations. Christian Churches and Human Rights". (Geneva: WCC Publications, 2005).
• James W. Nickel (1987). Making sense of human rights : philosophical reflections on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. University of California Press, Berkeley, Calif.

Links Externos

• Text of the UDHR (English)
• Official translations of the UDHR
• Plain Language version of the UDHR
• Page devoted to the UDHR in the Historic Archives of the UN Audiovisual Library of International Law with an introductory note by Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade
• Questions and answers about the Universal Declaration
• WORLD CONFERENCES ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND MILLENNIUM DECLARATION
• Text, Audio, and Video excerpt of Eleanor Roosevelt's Address to the United Nations on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• UDHR - Education
• Revista Envío - A Declaration of Human Rights For the 21st Century

Audiovisual materials

• Film footage, audio recordings and photos relating to the adoption of the UDHR on the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law website
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights Typographical Animation by Human Rights Action Center
• Librivox: Human-read audio recordings in several Languages
• Text, Audio, and Video excerpt of Eleanor Roosevelt's Address to the United Nations on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• Animated presentation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by Amnesty International, from Youtube (English, 20 minutes and 23 seconds)
• Audio: Statement by Charles Malik as Representative of Lebanon to the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly on the Universal Declaration, 6 November 1948.
• UN Department of Public Information introduction to the drafters of the Declaration.
• Videos introducing each article of the UDHR from RRRT Pacific.
• Video ad for UDHR article 1 from Youth for Human Rights International.