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Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Adopted by the UN General Assembly December 10, 1948
Established certain universal human rights
Defined the most basic obligations and limitations of the governments of the world
Recognized the need to uphold the basic rights of mankind
Sought to ensure that human rights violations of the past would not be tolerated in the future
Overall: DEFINED THE BASIC RIGHTS OF THE COMMON MAN
Online copy at http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html
29 December 2006
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