OPINION

The courageous fight for freedom

News, Luc Stevens, Published on 10/12/2015

» On Dec 10, 1948 the United Nations adopted a milestone document, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, setting out for the first time the fundamental human right to be protected universally. Drafted by people with different cultural backgrounds from all regions of the world, the Declaration became the building block for a range of legally binding international treaties.