The United Nations General Assembly voted to adopt the Universal Declaration on Human Rights (UDHR) 75 years ago today on December 10, 1948. In the aftermath of the Second World War’s atrocities, the acceptance of this document of the United Nations Human Rights Commission was, like the United Nations itself, seen as a hopeful development in a world gone mad. Though there were abstentions from some Middle East and Soviet bloc countries, none of the nations represented voted against it.
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