Universal Declaration of Human Rights
In: The SAGE Encyclopedia of War: Social Science Perspectives
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483359878.n685
Subject: Conflict Studies
- Entry
- Reader's Guide
- Entries A-Z
- Subject Index
-
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a nonbinding statement of human rights principles passed by the United Nations’ General Assembly on December 10, 1948. It is the first major international statement of human rights. When examined from the perspective of war, three conflicts loom large in its history: World War II; the Cold War; and the so-called war on terrorism. World War II was the most impactful: not only is the declaration a logical outgrowth of the U.S. government’s justifications for entering that war, but its horrors, including the Holocaust, created the imperative to reconstitute moral principles and international law as a part of reestablishing international order. The Cold War not only complicated the declaration’s drafting process and delayed the original plan for ...
-
-
- [0-9]
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
- Z
-
174357- Loading...
Similar content on SAGE Knowledge
Loading content...Keywords
Also from SAGE Publishing
- CQ Library American political resources opens in new tab
- Data Planet A universe of data opens in new tab
- Lean Library Increase the visibility of your library opens in new tab
- SAGE Journals World-class research journals opens in new tab
- SAGE Research Methods The ultimate methods library opens in new tab
- SAGE Stats Data on demand opens in new tab