Essay On Universal Declaration Of Human Rights

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INTRODUCTION “Man was the problem of the eighteenth century; woman is the problem of the nineteenth. No. I shall never cease to say it, the problem is laid down and it must be solved; she who bears half the burden ought to have half the right. Half of the human race is deprived of equality; it must be given to them." VICTOR HUGO. THE human world starts from the men and women. Men and women both are equally important for the creation of the human world. If one is missing then we cannot imagine the human world. But women are suppressed by the men from the ancient time in many countries and they have very …show more content…

It is only a statement of principles of the inalienable human rights. Setting up a common standard for achievement of human rights and every Member State can take step", to promote respect for these rights and freedoms by incorporating the norms in their domestic law. In addition to the preamble the Declaration consists of 30 articles dealing with the human rights and fundamental freedoms which all men and women everywhere in the world are entitled to without any discrimination on the basis of sex. The preamble of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 recognizes the inherent dignity of the individual and the equal and inalienable rights of the members of the human family the basic principle enunciated in the Declaration, which proclaims that "all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights and that everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in the declaration without distinction of any kind including distinction based on sex. All are equal before law and are entitled to equal Protection of the law without any discrimination. A person shall not be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy. Family, home, correspondence or attack upon his honour or reputation.

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